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title: "Heaps and priority queues"
description: "How can you extract an element by priority without fully sorting?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T54.03/"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you extract an element by priority without fully sorting?

## What we will work through

Extract an element by priority without fully sorting.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Measuring asymptotic complexity.

- [Measuring asymptotic complexity](/en/articles/topics/T54.01/)