priorities

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This means that the funding needed to meet the high standards and efficiency for essential services, including road maintenance, must go even further and councils need to juggle competing priorities.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Among his department priorities became targeting food dyes and ultra-processed foods.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

High among Calva’s priorities while on the Croisette is meeting one of his cinematic idols, Spanish master Pedro Almodóvar, whose latest film, “Bitter Christmas,” is playing in the main competition.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The normalization of being chronically online makes it hard to gauge when phone use becomes addictive, but according to consultant psychologist Darren O’Reilley, addiction should be considered as a restructuring of priorities.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

He’d tried out some things, gotten to know all sorts of people, and learned his own priorities along the way.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama