preference
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Harris-Dawson declined to say whether he has a preference for any of those options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Carrick instead turned to Matheus Cunha, whose preference for dropping deep took him into the spaces captain Fernandes likes to occupy.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Before 2022, the CDC did not express a preference for one type of injectable influenza vaccine over another for people ages 65 and older.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
But Chinese policymakers have signaled a preference for mild, gradual appreciation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
I was raised by the music community, with dozens of aunties and uncles who took me in as their own little foundling, even after I started showing a strange preference for classical music.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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The newly mapped pathway suggests that the brain's process of learning food preferences could eventually become another target.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The shift toward cremation has been driven by changing consumer preferences, weakening religious prohibitions, cost considerations and environmental concerns, according to the National Funeral Directors Association.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
But Linebaugh said he worries that “everything is just going to become so uniform,” as the industry seems to lean too heavily on algorithms and audiences’ preferences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
But generations now often share the same preferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
These are the preferences of the universe itself: verbs over nouns, actions over states, struggle over hope.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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