Meaning & use
prioritize
To arrange tasks or items in order of importance and deal with the most important ones first.
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Managers must prioritize urgent client requests over routine paperwork whenever the two conflict.
She prioritized her studies over social events during the final week before exams.
A note on using this word
Prioritize is widely used in business and productivity contexts; some style guides once objected to it as jargon, but it is now standard.
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