preferential
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Branch members must then watch all 15 shortlisted films to be eligible to vote on a second preferential ballot that produces the final five nominees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Lawmakers in Okinawa adopted a resolution on Friday calling for revisions to a pact seen as giving the United States military preferential treatment in Japan, following a murder allegedly committed by an American Marine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
As part of the arrangement, the State Department would get preferential rights to buy 20% of the production at cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The incident has drawn widespread public attention and renewed scrutiny of Indonesia's prisons, which have long faced allegations that wealthy or well-connected inmates can obtain preferential treatment through bribery.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
In a just world, I’d be slurping my Dr Pepper by now and instead I’m sitting here parched and deprived because Mr. HellomynameisAdam is giving preferential treatment to his friends.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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Unequal: A Story of America
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