preferable

Example Sentences

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A group of academics agreed, claiming it was "overwhelmingly preferable to targeted testing based on allegations, suspicion and bias".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s distractingly eclectic but vastly preferable to sci-fi scores that just aim to sound, well, vast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

And only one seems preferable for buyers and sellers in a housing market that’s been constrained by high interest rates and out-of-reach prices for several years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Proton VPN maintains independent Swiss ownership, which some privacy-focused users find preferable.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

She was not alive and she knew it, but...whatever her new state might lack, it was infinitely preferable to the unmaking that had almost devoured her.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor