[give] priority to {sth}

to assign a higher level of importance to a particular task or action over others

The company decided to give customer satisfaction priority in its business strategy.
During the emergency, the rescue team will give priority to saving lives.
When managing your daily tasks, always give priority to the most critical ones.
The school should give safety priority when planning field trips for students.
In the project schedule, we need to give priority to completing the core features first.