preferentially

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Polar and nonpolar molecules rarely mix, because polar molecules preferentially attract one another via electrostatic interactions.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2025

The State Department, now run by former Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, manages visa processing and has pledged to lower wait times but it has also said it will not treat soccer fans preferentially.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

The color is due to Earth’s atmosphere acting as a lens and preferentially directing red and orange light onto the lunar surface, according to the Griffith Observatory.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

During intense activity, the muscle mitochondria burn it preferentially and even shut off glucose and fatty acid fuel use.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

The variety selected for preferentially reproduces; it eventually becomes abundant; the variety selected against becomes rare and perhaps extinct.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan