Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take precedence over/to“ and its meaning is “to be more important than the other thing; to be more significant than something else; to take priority over something else”.
Example Sentence: At the foundation of these drawbacks is the fact that workers have been placed at the mercy of technology, contrary to the idealised notion of them being its beneficiaries. As much as it urgently calls for attention to dimensions of technological infrastructure, we must introspect how the state conceives of and understands technology and the worker. Clearly, technology has taken precedence. Employment security seems less a priority and the worker seems even further down the scale.
This phrase is present in Workers, not tech, should be state’s priority and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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