preferences

Example Sentences

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Species including Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, and Neanderthals likely had increasingly strong right-hand preferences, eventually leading to the extreme dominance seen in modern humans.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Karen Guzzo, PhD, is a professor of sociology and the director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina; she’s an expert on fertility preferences and fertility behaviors.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

PayPal agreed to forgo $30 million in transaction fees to settle a Justice Department probe into alleged unlawful preferences.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

So it’s unlikely that the variety of individual preferences, even if directly implemented, would make a gross difference to the funding of different programs.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

I wonder how it would feel to spend your whole life trying to remember other people’s preferences on toast butter and starch amounts and sheet changing.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett