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Example sentences for: precedence

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It is possible to emphasize this topic without stating that it should take precedence over other issues or have a certain amount of resources devoted to it.
If he chooses to stay in the relationship and the next gathering is a nightmare, simply tell him the woman makes for too much discomfort and, although you will miss his presence, the greater good of the group takes precedence and not to plan on further get-togethers.
In most institutions, keeping order took precedence over teaching.
That assessment will overrate Paul's post-Beatles output--in particular, I'm guessing, the music he makes next, just as Tug of War was overrated in the wake of John's murder--and underrate his work in the Beatles, an explosion of pop craftsmanship without precedence, overshadowed by Lennon's mediagenic personality and subsequent martyrdom.
Postzygotic isolation can likewise cause divergence at the premating stage (reinforcement) or potentially at the postmating-prezygotic stage, through the evolution of conspecific sperm precedence (Marshall et al.