preferred
Example Sentences
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Why are these products preferred over American brands?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Core personal-consumption expenditures — the Fed’s preferred inflation measure — is on target for 0.2% in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Until the preferred number nine becomes clearer, I would rather avoid Strand Larsen and monitor the situation.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He said he would have preferred to see Macron "in a fire truck helping firefighters put out the blaze. That's where he should have been."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some artists preferred to go the Sleeping Beauty route.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Vocabulary lists containing preferred
Sula
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 19
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"Speaking with Hands"
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