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• n  status established in order of importance or urgency
  national independence takes priority over class struggle
• n  preceding in time

• Many a civilian would give red points to get his hands on a little DDT, the Army's high-priority insecticide.
• What is your main priority for Iraq over the next 12 months? (Top five answers) Regaining public security .
• Improving the economy: 84% top priority, 14% important but lower priority.

• precedence
• precedency
• antecedence
• antecedency
• anteriority

• posteriority

News & Articles

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• Soccer-Relegated Wigan turn to former Bolton boss Coyle
  * Wigan set to appoint Owen Coyle as manager * Priority is promotion back to the Premier League (Adds Coyle quotes) LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - FA Cup holders Wigan Athletic, who were relegated from the Premier League three days after winning their first major trophy, are poised to appoint Owen Coyle, the former boss of rivals Bolton Wanderers, as their manager. "In principle we have agreed a ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• Soccer-Relegated Wigan turn to former Bolton boss Coyle
  * Wigan set to appoint Owen Coyle as manager * Priority is promotion back to the Premier League (Adds Coyle quotes) LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - FA Cup holders Wigan Athletic, who were relegated from the Premier League three days after winning their first major trophy, are poised to appoint Owen Coyle, the former boss of rivals Bolton Wanderers, as their manager. "In principle we have agreed a ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• Indiana says bringing back West is first priority
  04:12 PM ET 06.13 | Coming off a two-year, $20 million contract, Indiana Pacers forward David West will be a free agent this summer. Pacers president Donny Walsh and general manager Kevin Pritchard said re-signing West will be the first priority of the offseason and although he's 33 years old, Indiana realizes his value lies in his leadership qualities, especially for this team.
  June 13, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Reuters
  Our highest priority in Toronto must be to safeguard and strengthen the recovery,President Barack Obama wrote in a letter to his G20 colleagues. "We worked exceptionally hard to restore growth; we cannot let it falter or lose strength...
• Thad W Allen in Financial Times
  The safety of life is number one priority [and] we would move well in advance of the storm to evacuate personnel,Adm Allen said. "That would require us at some point to move our vessels of opportunity off the water."
• Jacqui Smith in International Herald Tribune
  Public safety is our main priority, and we will take all steps necessary to protect the public,Britain's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said following the ruling.