partial to
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Some are partial to the three bird-feeders Murrell bought for $207.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
I'm more partial to Per Sempre Sì, a throwback disco song from veteran Italian star Sal Da Vinci.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Despite his Gen Z status, he notably lacks the “smartphone face” that’s rampant among pop artists and celebrities — and is partial to dressing in an anachronistic way, which he pulls off with gusto.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
In another joint paper on “the illusion of validity,” that legendary duo posited that an apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025
DuShawn, Tonni, and Royal are the only black students in the seventh grade, and they are partial to hanging out together for this reason.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
