preferable
Example Sentences
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"Settlement of this conflict through political and diplomatic means remains preferable" for Russia, Peskov added.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
It’s preferable to collect the EIN information in the summer, while it’s top of mind and a camp’s offices are up and running, Pon said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
The majority acknowledges that its reading creates some overlap in the statute but concludes that a modest amount of redundancy is preferable to giving words an unnatural meaning.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Energy firms appear to have resigned themselves to the fact, with TotalEnergies chief Patrick Pouyanne saying in April that "compensation" to Iran is preferable to having the strait stay closed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
He felt that poverty in a democracy was preferable to wealth in a tyranny.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing preferable
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 3
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -able, -ible
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Novel Study: Anthem, Chapters 1–6
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