precedence , also: precedency

For many years, her needs had taken precedence over my own.

Just three years later she would have precedence over most of them.

I let her go before me, taking precedence over the man.

A wife always took precedence with her husband over his mother.

In effect, the old Act had been given precedence over the new bill.

In families where both parents work outside the home, family time may take precedence over community service.

"What I need to talk with you about does take precedence."

Now it's time for the national side to take precedence.

He wanted to be there with her, but the case took precedence.

Better that, she thought, than trying to sort out some kind of precedence.

"So at a certain point that has to take precedence over what people can watch."

They had no doubt as to the order of precedence.

I know you have other work that you'd like to be doing, but this takes precedence.

"But even with close friends, the public good must sometimes take precedence over individual interests."

Appearance would have to take precedence over all else for the moment.

If people are like that, how can it be known which takes precedence, life or death?

Although precedence field was part of version 4,but never used.

Why should one kind of concept take precedence over another?

But in the war years, road work related to military efforts took precedence.

On the other are those who say a family's ability to provide a good home should take precedence over its race.

"It took precedence over everything else we are doing," he said.

That is why a judge must have great respect for precedence.

However, the courts have held that Federal law takes precedence.

Respect for human rights must take precedence in our policy, and that is not the case at present.

However, we must now vote to determine the order of precedence.