preferable
Example Sentences
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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
"While a price increase for V-Bucks isn't ideal for players, it's preferable to something more extreme like making it a paid-for, rather than free-to-play game," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 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
Europe’s regulatory machine is slow and bureaucratic, but for long-term decisions, slow and predictable is preferable to fast and erratic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
I make a split-second decision that forced collegiality with my coworkers is preferable to a dark walk alone.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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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