prioritizing

verb

present participle of prioritize
as in categorizing
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 prioritizing Start with the community With a pragmatic and fair approach, data center infrastructure can operate from a combination of baseload fuels, battery storage, and renewables, while prioritizing community needs and impacts. — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Governors can help change that by prioritizing and measuring what students know and can do in civics. — Lamar Alexander, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 Malul insists the government handled the war and the evacuation well, prioritizing residents’ safety. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Inside, the mood is considerably more restrained, prioritizing comfort, generous proportions, and an operation that has had more than a decade to perfect its service for business travelers, families, and Vietnamese staycationers alike. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 At the top of the list is a back-to-reality mindset; designers are prioritizing relatability and wearability over fantasy and character dressing. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 According to McKinsey & Company, consumers are increasingly prioritizing value and flexibility, while EY has found that many define value through quality, trust and experience—not just price. — David Kim, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Republicans are prioritizing efforts to save their Senate majority over saving the House majority, while Democrats are capitalizing on opportunities in conservative areas, Fowler says. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026 Operationally, Geraghty is prioritizing domestic production to shorten lead times. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritizing
  1. categorizing
  2. organizing
  3. sorting
  4. classifying
  5. filing
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  • Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday rejected the idea that election monitors being deployed to polls during the midterm elections will be armed, categorizing the notion as fearmongering and false.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the recent gains came from re-categorizing conservation agreements that had already existed.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of categorizing
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  • Technology handles more of the searching, organizing and comparing surrounding it.
    — Denys Kanel, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Locally, losing the endorsement could strip Raman of volunteers and organizing infrastructure just weeks before her runoff against Mayor Karen Bass.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of organizing
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  • Properly sorting laundry saves energy, lowers utility costs, and extends the life of your clothing.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Every hour spent sorting candidates, interviewing, onboarding, correcting course and starting over is time not spent leading the business.
    — Kenzie Biggins, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of sorting
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  • Operators fed Maven intelligence classifying the elementary school as an Iranian military facility, and the system, in turn, marked it as one of the priority targets for day one of the war.
    — Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The distinction matters because responding to a signal and accurately classifying an unfamiliar chemical mixture are separate tasks.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of classifying
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  • The individual plaintiffs join the three news outlets in filing a First Amendment lawsuit against the administration.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Increasing the time for filing a complaint would be an update to the Congressional Accountability Act, which requires Congress to follow many of the same employment laws that apply to the private sector.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of filing

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“Prioritizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritizing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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