- plural of preference.
preferences
Example Sentences
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If you aren’t communicating your preferences early and often, they might not know that this is a financial stress for you.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Increasingly, the debate is over whether to accommodate a parent’s preferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
A good education requires the student to subordinate himself to something beyond his own preferences so that he may receive the wisdom of another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Proposition 209, federal laws, and the Supreme Court’s decisions do not preclude schools from pursuing diversity so long as they give no preferences based on race,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
For years he’d been studying the nuances of their games: their styles, opening preferences, strengths and weaknesses.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
