preferable

Example Sentences

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Europe’s regulatory machine is slow and bureaucratic, but for long-term decisions, slow and predictable is preferable to fast and erratic.

From The Wall Street Journal

He might offer you an icicle treat or ask your opinion on whether a mid-late-morning nap is preferable to a late-mid-afternoon nap.

From Literature

Given the uncertainties, some former military officers said a diplomatic agreement could be preferable to war.

From The Wall Street Journal

For Grimsby boss Artell, a "bowling green" surface much closer in quality to the one his side stunned Manchester United on in the League Cup earlier this season would also have been preferable.

From BBC

In essentially every case imaginable, enrolling in this kind of plan is preferable to stopping payments.

From Barron's