as in to categorize
to put in order based on importance
We prioritized the hardest parts of the project before the easier ones.
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Recent Examples of prioritize
This presents an opportunity for the industry, including Psych Hub’s navigation platform, to reinforce best treatment practices by prioritizing practitioners and services that can demonstrate the best outcomes.
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Along these lines, the study recommends training for youth sports coaches that prioritizes personal development and teamwork.
—Allison Torres Burtka, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
The center has always prioritized connecting people and pets in meaningful ways.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Her closing argument in the state was aimed at reassuring voters that her administration would prioritize their concerns over partisan conflicts.
—Nik Popli/charlotte, N.c., TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Along these lines, the study recommends training for youth sports coaches that prioritizes personal development and teamwork.
—Allison Torres Burtka, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
The center has always prioritized connecting people and pets in meaningful ways.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Her closing argument in the state was aimed at reassuring voters that her administration would prioritize their concerns over partisan conflicts.
—Nik Popli/charlotte, N.c., TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
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However, he was fired as head coach for reasons other than on-field performance, and therefore, categorize him as an understandable outlier.Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The six other major swing states—Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—as well as Minnesota and Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, are all categorized as toss-ups on RealClearPolitics' Electoral College ratings map.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Instead, community members organized and called for preserving these essential health services.Cindy Chavez, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Live Colorado election results for the 2024 election 2U would give the bulk of the city’s 15,500 workers not within a union the right to organize and bargain collectively.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Parents can take time away to pick up children from daycare, what might have been an office coffee break previously becomes laundry sorting time, or commuting time is taken up with a 5k run instead of sitting in traffic.David Morel, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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In essence, its endorsement plays a role as a sorting mechanism, which, when switched on, serves to separate People Like Us from People Like Them.The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2024
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The Trust is classified as a 'grantor trust' for United States federal income tax purposes, meaning the Trust itself is not subject to federal income tax.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Due to this, certain states can be classified as battleground states or swing states, meaning that they can be won by either presidential candidate.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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The big picture: This pandemic is exposing legal gaps for sharing virus samples and sequencing data that could hinder responses to international health emergencies, according to a new paper in the journal Science.Alison Snyder, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Pask had already sequenced the Tasmanian tiger’s genome with the help of DNA extracted from a 108-year old pouch young specimen that had been preserved at the Victoria Museum in Australia.Scott Travers, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The verdict came in response to many petitions filed after demolitions in recent years in states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Internationally, the company is focused on regulatory approval in China, with an application filed with the NMPA on October 16, 2024.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Prioritize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritize. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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