preference
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Sacks, a venture capitalist, shared a preference for minimal Washington intervention in the booming AI industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
GV: There are many similarities in our work, both in the kinds of subjects that we’re drawn to, and our preference for black-and-white images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Carrick instead turned to Matheus Cunha, whose preference for dropping deep took him into the spaces captain Bruno Fernandes likes to occupy.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Remarkably, the animals developed a preference for that flavor even though it provided no nutritional reward.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
And Toby, noting my preference, has kept me in chocolate cake ever since.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
"By understanding the steps between nutrient detection in the gut and learning in the brain, it might be possible to fine-tune them to subtly change our preferences for different foods," Knight said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
“Rather, it is a justifiable shift in investor preferences to judicious corporate capital allocation,” adding, “We believe this is a prudent investment style for many asset owners just now. “
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
But Linebaugh said he worries that “everything is just going to become so uniform,” as the industry seems to lean too heavily on algorithms and audiences’ preferences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
But other people have different preferences and I respect that as well.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
And she had no idea that her preferences prodded him to such excesses.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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