Priority and Sequence

Priority

Priority noun - The right to one's attention before other things considered less important.

Usage example: the committee has decided to give your request priority, so you'll have a meeting early tomorrow morning

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Sequence and priority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sequence" instead a noun "Priority".

Sequence noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

Usage example: police are trying to reconstruct the sequence of events

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Priority and sequence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Priority" instead a noun "Sequence".

exact	exact priority	exact sequence
true	true priority	true sequence
big	big priority	big sequence
main	main priority	main sequence
Other adjectives: new, major, last, different.

And making sure the cancellation sequence is always a high maintenance priority and never out of order.

Source: Just For Fun / If I Am Ever Head of an Alien Monitoring Agency
Saying "Priority Override, Authorization code 420-03-20-9" will reset him to factory defaults (same happens if you trick him into realizing he's in a logical loop) and activates his self-destruct sequence.

Source: Trigger Phrase

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Sequence and Priority. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/priority/sequence

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