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priorities

NOUN

first concern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrangement preference

STRONG

antecedence lead order precedence preeminence prerogative rank seniority superiority supremacy transcendence

WEAK

crash project greatest importance previousness right of way

Antonyms

STRONG

inferiority last subservience

WEAK

unimportance

Example Sentences

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His tack here reflects his supporters’ priorities, though.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

“The economic priorities dominate,” said Clarissa Martínez De Castro, vice president of the group’s Latino Vote Initiative.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The billionaire entrepreneur referenced high costs at the La Cañada Flintridge institution in a memo prepared in advance of his confirmation hearings on his priorities for the space agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The club was not punishing them; they had to reset the order of priorities and no player would be above the team.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

“If the Russians demonstrate a Super before we possess one, our situation will be hopeless,” he wrote in a frantic memo for a 1949 meeting on research priorities at Los Alamos.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik