preference
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Our own A.I. policy preference is that the government should unplug it, then repurpose gigantic data centers into the biggest Chili’s franchises you’ve ever seen.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026
Blind mice lose that preference because they cannot detect the difference between light and dark.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Iraola tends to avoid major debriefs in the dressing room after a game, with his personal preference to speak to the players a day later.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Voluntary resolution—such as the settlements reached with Brown, Columbia and Cornell—isn’t a corruption of the law; it is the statute’s stated preference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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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“Proposition 209, federal laws, and the Supreme Court’s decisions do not preclude schools from pursuing diversity so long as they give no preferences based on race,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Leave funeral wishes: You can include your preferences, such as whether you want to be buried or cremated, as well as music, readings or flowers.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Outside of states with guaranteed issue and community rated Medigap policies, enrollees may effectively be unable to switch even after their preferences change,” the study said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
But their later health, their bodies and even their taste preferences may still carry the imprint of those very early-life experiences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
“For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry...although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam preferences before impersonating myself.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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