preferential
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By the latter half of the century, though, as consumer power demand swelled, preferential power rates for smelters were phased out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Liu Xing, a Doubao public-relations executive, said publicly that hotels pay a channel fee only when an order is completed, not for advertisements or preferential rankings.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Documentary branch voters, using a preferential voting system, annually produce a shortlist of 15 movies, announced in mid-December.
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
But if we are to deal with the Cosmos we must first understand it, even if our hopes for some unearned preferential status are, in the process, contravened.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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