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priority

[prahy-awr-i-tee, -or-] / praɪˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- /


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What’s the point of paying extra for priority boarding if there’s still no room for your carry-on?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

While he encouraged residents to take sensible steps to manage their own risks, he said household stockpiling was not something he wanted to make a major government priority.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Regarding priority boarding: Some passengers also have a legal right to go first, even if they have not paid for priority boarding.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Huang’s priority was to ease restrictions on selling chips to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Especially since priority number one was to get that trouble magnet of a gunnysack off our hands.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

He divides his priorities into three distinct buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

AARP’s 2026 travel survey found that 86% of adults 50 and older ranked vacations among their top three discretionary spending priorities this year, ahead of dining out and entertainment.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

In a 2023 survey, external of gamers with disabilities by charity Scope, respondents said their top priorities included more accurate and more frequent representation in games.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

One of the company’s highest priorities is to get its balance sheet in order.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Nor could dispensers of government patronage merely weigh scientific projects against one another: the cost of high-energy physics had become so great that broader priorities were implicated.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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