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What’s dividing fans is Julian Casablancas’ insistence on using Autotune, as many prefer his raw vocals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

"But I'd prefer to be on 10% and looking at winning 80 seats than on 15% and winning four."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Gulf Coast refineries prefer using to make gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

They are just true for the same reason — and it isn’t the one Disney would prefer people believe.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Well, sir, I wouldn’t mind the uniform. In fact, I’d prefer to wear one.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

While Park, 49, believes Macklemore's ouster was unfair and a violation of free speech, she said she's mostly unbothered by the drama and prefers to separate the artist from the art.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Within tech, Wells Fargo said it prefers software to microchips.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

She dislikes brunch and instead prefers having lunch by herself at the bar of a restaurant, where she can chat with the bartender and eavesdrop on others’ conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Yet as ever, Swanberg prefers to show the real experience of dating, not its Hollywoodized ideal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

He claims he prefers her because she doesn’t snore.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

Kane was rested for the bronze-medal match, with Ivan Toney the preferred option, although the Al-Ahli striker did not score in the 6-4 win over France.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Their preferred rivers and creeks had gone dry from a record drought.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Love it or not, they are increasingly the preferred medium, and tennis in the U.S. is a small sport with tons of competition and a compressed window.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

And, in a nod to MLB, LA28 organizers scheduled the baseball competition in a preferred window, starting before any competition in gymnastics, swimming and track and field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

One of the reasons he did not mind if original holders of government securities sold out to speculators was that he preferred to see the money in fewer hands.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

For most of this decade, Subaru’s leadership has limited spending on in-house electrification programs, preferring to rely on partners and suppliers—most conspicuously, Toyota, which owns a 20% interest in Subaru Corporation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Taylor has never hidden her disdain for the circus of fight-week theatre, preferring the sanctuary of the gym.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Teng mostly avoids on-camera interviews with her subjects, preferring to watch them interacting with patients or in the operating room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

While his holdings grew to include high-profile sports franchises, Walter generally keeps a low profile, preferring time with his wife and daughter to glitzy events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

I never dared question them, preferring to get comfortable with them, rather than risk being tossed aside for taking her side.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam