The phrase "an overriding priority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when emphasizing that something is the most important concern or focus in a particular context.
Example: "In our current project, meeting the deadline is an overriding priority for the entire team."
Alternatives: "a top priority" or "the main concern".
Suddenly, winning the National Football Conference East has become an overriding priority for the Giants.
At the same time, administration officials acknowledge that an overriding priority is to avoid American casualties and keep Kosovo out of the news during an election year.
Tokyo has made the fate of a dozen Japanese kidnapped by North Korea an overriding priority in dealing with the North.
In numerous papers, GCHQ reveals its need to keep the Americans happy, and how it regards this as an overriding priority.
Taiwan, of course, is of special significance to the Chinese; since 1949 the return of the island to China has been seen as an overriding priority.
She said Saturday at a news conference that applying for entry was an overriding priority for the Social Democrats, and that she hoped that terms for Iceland's membership could be agreed to within 12 to 18 months.
The report said: "Maximising protection for children and young people against abuse and harm remains an urgent and overriding priority.
Once prevention, including moral pressure, has failed, and a child is born to a teenager, the overriding priority must be to provide as much help as possible.
A UK Foreign Office spokesman responded to Mr Ibrahim in a statement, saying: "Our overriding priority has always been to protect Libyan civilians and to enable them to choose their own future.
The face of the BR 01 is not just legible; it's a wrist billboard advertising the wearer's endorsement of utility as the overriding priority in a watch.
He would be subject to the same strong temptation to put securing a second term as the overriding priority.
