Sentence examples for taken precedent from inspiring English sources

The Red Devils have been linked with moves for Lazio's Felipe Anderson this month but safeguarding short-term stability in the dugout has taken precedent in recent weeks.

By the time my green card appeared in my mailbox, some six months later, I had overcome my aversion to becoming a naturalized citizen; the painful experience I went through, coupled with the need to secure a better future for my three young children, had taken precedent over my youthful idealism.

The idea is cool, sure, but I don't think it should have taken precedent over re-thinking the YouTube experience (more on that in a bit).

Sadly, it's the voices of multi-millionaires or White pop stars that have taken precedent over those of unsupported coalitions or community organizations.

And my tendency toward privacy, trying to maintain a "normal" life for my six kids and my wife Rhonda, has taken precedent.

Our need to know the outcome has taken precedent in our lives so much so that we are missing the magic of life.

The higher level, whether federal or local, takes precedent.

"This is an issue of life and death, and that takes precedent over political considerations".

This is the alchemy by which racial category takes precedent, yet again, over supposed citizenship.

More fundamentally, China "took precedent" over America, in the words of an insider.

This position poses another difficulty: on Wikipedia, the present takes precedent over the past.