by preference
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Drafts followed, with Harari ended up handling more of the trial scenes, by preference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Voters order the nominees by preference; if one movie comes away with more than 50% of the first-place votes in the first round, that’s the winner.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
The poll asked respondents to rank candidates by preference, in line with Alaska’s new “ranked choice” voting rules.
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2022
Rather than caucus, voters could rank three to five candidates by preference.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2020
Nor is the pleasure scarcely less of cutting the leaves of the new volume, opening by preference at the end rather than title-page, and seizing the author's conclusions at a glance.
From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott
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