The housing downturn also prompted many homeowners to make paying their credit card accounts on time a priority ahead of other financial obligations, such as their mortgage payments.
When workers spend most of their time on high-priority projects, it's important to designate a time to clear away the cobwebs and resolve any old issues.
Creating atomic-time standards became a priority in both America and Britain after the second world war.
Many entrepreneurs waste too much time on low-priority administrative tasks, procrastinating on higher priority but tougher tasks, resulting in last minute crises, and failure to complete the critical work that people are really expecting of them.
Giving your partner a vacation will signal commitment and that time together is a high priority.
It was clear that operating on his own time table was a top priority.
Our father made it a priority to spend time with us every day.
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For her family, protecting Achieng from burn-out is a priority and her time in Kenya is vital to that.
The effort to repeal the law seemed a low priority at the time.
We are the fastest private employer in Wyoming, and we are hiring at a time when job creation is priority number one.
Labour says the public will struggle to understand why the government is making information technology a priority at a time when NHS spending has been cut.
But the proposals are controversial, with some MPs and peers arguing that constitutional change should not be a priority at a time of economic crisis, and also saying that altering the Lords could undermine the primacy of the Commons.
One potential scenario could be something like managing the Netflix connection for the back seat entertainment systems but giving priority to real time urgent information when needed, like when the vehicle in front of you needs to pass along information that there has been an accident a half a mile in front of you and you need to slow down quickly.
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Indeed, that looks set to remain the country's top priority for a long time to come.
Florida Governor Jeb Bush made parental choice his top priority, spending considerable time and political capital to pilot his plan through a not-always-enthusiastic legislature.
My top priority is to make time to be a good husband to my wife, good son to my parents, and good father to my son.
Mr Orban looks like an oddball, and his country is now a lower priority, at a time when lenders have more urgent calls on their time and money.
During a time of war, the top priority of everyone in this building ultimately must be to get those fighting at the front what they need to survive and succeed on the battlefield and to be properly taken care of when they come home.
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"Protecting the well-being of our children remains our top priority, especially during this time of transition, " they said.
The announcement comes at a time when user security is a top priority in all mobile and Cloud-related applications.
At a time when redesigning the state is a priority around the world, the right's dysfunctionality is especially unfortunate.
This is an amicable process and protecting the well-being of our children remains our top priority, especially during this time of transition.
SAP's reputation for according time-to-market a low priority.
"As the president has made clear for some time, immigration reform is an important priority and he is pleased that progress is being made with bipartisan support, " a White House spokesman, Clark Stevens, said in a statement.
And what that means is, is that at any given time, as Thad indicated, the priority might be we just want to get some stuff out 20 miles before it starts coming in closer, which means you're not going to see necessarily a lot of skimmers close in because every resource that we have is being deployed further out.
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The continued escalation of costs with time would make building of the dam a priority, if indeed this dam is proved to be viable.
Councils allocate housing on the basis of need, with those considered to have low priority potentially waiting a very long time to get a property.
The government has made it a priority to try to shorten the time it takes for adoptions to go through, and to remove barriers to them.
Laws of diminishing returns mean that even if the science continues to progress, the amount of benefit that can be gained by fine-tuning priority-setting will diminish over time.
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