Meaning & use
triage
The process of sorting people or cases by urgency to decide the order they are treated.
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Nurses performed triage in the emergency room to treat the most critical patients first.
The IT team used triage to prioritize which bugs to fix before launch.
A note on using this word
Originally a medical term, triage is now widely applied to any situation requiring prioritization under limited time or resources.
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