PRIORITIZED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

prioritized

verb

past tense of prioritize

as in categorized

to put in order based on importance We prioritized the hardest parts of the project before the easier ones.

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Recent Examples of prioritized Maryland has also prioritized investments in Park Heights through the ENOUGH Initiative, which has provided nearly $3 million for revitalization efforts led by Park Heights Renaissance. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 The Register reported that Google prioritized restoring existing workloads, warning that customers might not be able to create new ones immediately. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 According to the plaintiff’s calculations, an award could be more than $8 billion – which is ironic considering Albertsons will argue that Kroger prioritized its financial return over its obligations. — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Every data point must be interpreted, prioritized, integrated, secured and acted upon in time. — Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Who gets that access could shape what solutions are prioritized—and what the public knows about future breaches. — Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Whereas Larry imagined a dark comedy that prioritized laughs over drama, Dreyfuss saw it more as a coming-of-age story. — Blake J. Harris, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 Yet since the founding era, the United States has prioritized establishing and defending its own sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 The reports have raised legitimate questions about whether medical malpractice occurred and whether the Eagles prioritized winning a regular-season game over the health of their franchise quarterback. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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With this much space, the entire region can’t be categorized in any one specific way—except with the word dramatic.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
Images get treated and categorized one way; PDFs another; text notes another.

— David Pierce, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of categorized

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The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of organized

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Textiles destined for the secondhand market earn essentially what material sorted to recycling specification earns, even though the second requires fiber-level identification, more processing and far tighter tolerances.

— Erik Lagerblad, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Plus, shop discounts on quarter-zip pullovers and flannels in multiple colors to consider Dad sorted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of sorted

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The University of Arizona Police Department, which filed the search warrant, said on Tuesday that the investigation was ongoing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Davis’s letter follows a separate ethics complaint filed by a conservative watchdog group to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over Slotkin’s University of Chicago remarks, first reported by the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of filed

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Now owned by the state of Bavaria, the ⁠Kehlsteinhaus was classified after the war as a historical monument recalling the Nazi period.

— Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
But China's latest regulations require people classified as Chinese tax residents to self-declare worldwide income to Beijing, Wang said.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of classified

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There are currently five teams from the SEC ranked despite having two losses.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The extermination company Terminix ranked 50 cities in the United States with the worst rodent infestations and Sacramento is on the list.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated October 21, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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