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 This signals a venture capital shift, prioritizing judgment and specification over raw code generation, as AI can now plan and self-correct code. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Olivia Culpo, 34, is prioritizing comfort in her third trimester. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026 Democrats have accused Blanche of prioritizing his loyalty to Trump above all else through investigations against Trump foes such as former FBI Director James Comey and a radical reshaping of the department. — Alanna Durkin Richer, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026 Officials said water trucks will deploy across the country, prioritizing hospitals and other essential services. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Why are the Heat prioritizing a player who’s obviously lost it? — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 The Texas Rangers, originally thought to be an Arraez suitor, also are prioritizing other areas. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prioritizing
  1. categorizing
  2. organizing
  3. sorting
  4. classifying
  5. filing
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  • Those guidelines are much more attractive to taxpayers than those categorizing their income as gambling.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 18 July 2026
  • Currently, basic Medicare, the public health insurer of many adults over 65, does not cover grab bars, categorizing them like nonslip flooring or bathtub seats as convenience items rather than medical necessities.
    — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
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  • His campaign spent the summer ramping up fundraising, staff and organizing infrastructure.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Others are organizing underground schools to fill gaps in education and collaborating closely with Afghans in exile to prepare legal action against the Taliban’s abuses.
    — Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of organizing
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  • For example, a package traveling from California to New York might otherwise move through a national ground network, passing through multiple sorting facilities and spending several days in long-haul transit before reaching the final mile.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Neugarten recommends sorting reviews by newest instead of relying on an average that may include feedback from years ago.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of sorting
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  • Your system may not be correctly identifying and classifying entities.
    — Punnam Raju Manthena, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Within that, the number of people classifying themselves as employed fell 87k while the number of people classifying themselves as unemployed fell 178k.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of classifying
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  • LaPlaca's husband, Jason Carty, was also charged with knowingly filing a false petition and other offenses in the case.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Harvard Business School’s Josh Lerner and his co-authors dug into who is actually filing the patents behind the 14 technology areas the Pentagon deems critical—advanced computing, space technology, AI, hypersonics and biotech.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of filing

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“Prioritizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prioritizing. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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