How to Use precedence in a Sentence

precedence

noun

• The song and the production took precedence over the artists.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2021
• And that’s when the tacos took precedence over the barbecue.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 2 Feb. 2023
• The lords would sit in the middle, in order of precedence, their sons and wives to the side.
  — Catherine Ostler, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2022
• The idea that Travis used the Zola ad to troll Swifties has precedence.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 June 2024
• In such cases, the needs of the land, if not the planet, must take precedence.
  — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
• His main point: The bean counters took precedence over the car guys.
  — Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 20 June 2020
• In truth, the researchers’ find had some poop precedence.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2020
• The passing game might need to take precedence against the Bruins.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 2021
• For 10 long years, affairs of state took precedence over affairs of the heart.
  — CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
• When your kid gets sick, taking them to the doctor will take precedence over your need to go to the gym.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 3 Jan. 2023
• When the cost of housing must take precedence over the cost of healthy food, medicine, heat or fuel.
  — Richard Besser, ABC News, 30 July 2021
• As in all sports, the safety of our players must take precedence above all else.
  — CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
• The aggressor’s rights do not take precedence over the rights of its victims.
  — Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
• Head-to-head result will take precedence for teams tied in the loss column.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020
• In the six months since, a new buzzword has taken precedence: habits.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
• Taking care of kids and a job might take precedence over tidiness.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2023
• The real animals around her—on her farms, and the hardy Herdwick sheep up in the hills—took precedence.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022
• But the title wasn’t enough to take precedence over his talent, and his plans to stay behind the scenes quickly changed.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022
• For now and the near future, desktop and TV screens take precedence over smaller ones.
  — Clay Chandler, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2020
• At the same time, your duties to your own child do take precedence over your concerns for the children of others.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• Weber’s bill will take precedence over the trustees’ action.
  — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2020
• Or did the immediate threat to all the children who might be born with H.I.V. take precedence?
  — Michael Specter, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
• No squabbling between Betty and me about what takes precedence, the side dishes or the lamb.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2021
• And if that needs to take precedence at any point over us needing to social distance, by all means...
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 2 June 2020
• Strength and conditioning will take precedence in the first phase.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• In many instances, the size of the book shelf and available space will take precedence over the number of shelves when deciding what’s best for you.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2023
• The constitution of Bhutan sets out a prince taking precedence over a princess.
  — Town & Country, 14 June 2023
• If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that our health should take precedence.
  — Joseph Lustberg, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Cincinnati’s first Christmas The founding of Cincinnati took precedence over merrymaking as well.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
• When both Charles or Camilla are present, the order of royal hierarchy typically takes precedence.
  — Shyla Watson, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025