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prioritize

prio·ri·tize

UK/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ US/pɹaɪˈɒɹ.taɪz/ uncommon

verb

1.

assign a priority to

  • “we have too many things to do and must prioritize”
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Origin

From priority + -ize. First attested in 1967 as U.S. government jargon, becoming more widespread through the 1970s and ’80s, but still denounced as officialese by purists into the 1990s.

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