In a sentence
Six example sentences with priority, each labelled with its topic.
In the emergency room a chest injury takes priority over a sprained ankle, however long the ankle has waited.
Medicine
Every bug in the tracker carries a priority, and the team fixes crashes before anyone touches a spelling mistake.
Technology
Restoring the salt marsh became the council's priority once flooding threatened homes, and the park benches were postponed indefinitely.
Environment
Rebounding became the team's priority after film showed they lost every game in which they were outworked on the glass.
Basketball
Paying off the high interest card took priority over saving, since the debt was growing faster than any fund could.
Finance
The founders made retention their priority, reasoning that new signups meant nothing if users vanished after a week.
Startups
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