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A number of renowned directors, including “The Odyssey’s” Christopher Nolan, prefer to shoot on film and strongly encourage analog viewing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The president hasn’t made a final decision on next steps in the war, officials said, and he insists privately and publicly that he would prefer resolving his dispute with Iran diplomatically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Arrange the Saltines in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet, or place them in a large mixing bowl if you prefer to toss them first.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

Perhaps counterintuitively, if the Magnificent Seven reduce their capex, analysts might prefer it as cash flow improves and less debt is issued.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Similarly, you would prefer if the movements included along with the song were indigenous to the song itself and not merely added on as movement unassociated with the culture.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"It has more variety than say Target," Montenegro said, praising the prices on staples like flour and fruit, though he noted he still prefers Trader Joe's.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

In fact, she prefers using them — Bell said she has power of attorney over an aging relative to whom she regularly mails checks, and uses checks to pay for medical expenses, donations and gifts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

His effortlessly epic, formidably impressive “The Odyssey,” which opens Friday, clocks in at 2 hours, 53 minutes, which in the Imax film version Nolan prefers comes out to approximately 11 miles of celluloid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

A Comerica employee, near the end of the session, asked the chief if he prefers chili with beans or without.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

“He prefers twine, you know how fashionable he is.”

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

They point to the company’s struggle to balance the conflicting demands of common shareholders, preferred stockholders and the broader bitcoin community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

The company recently raised $216 million from offloading 3,588 bitcoin to fund dividends on its preferred stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

The amendment that was rejected in Tuesday's vote was a provision on preference voting, allowing voters to choose preferred candidates from a list.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

My preferred way to eat chicken noodle soup as a child was with so many Saltines crushed into the bowl that it ceased to resemble soup altogether.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

In Israel, Aunt Hila was the sort who had much preferred spending her Fridays in the company of people she liked and her Saturdays at the beach.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Anne Gust Brown, wife of Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, tended to shy away from the public, preferring to work behind the scenes as an unpaid aide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

But one important reason for preferring high tariff rates remains underappreciated: their role in the overall system of taxation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It is not uncommon to see higher defensive lines and man-to-man pressure, with teams preferring not to give high-level opposition the majority of the ball close to their goal for 90 minutes.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Farrell eschews owning data centers, preferring AI-adjacent exposure through power generation, reasoning that markets underappreciate data centers’ high risk for technology obsolescence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

They soon found the road but they avoided it, preferring instead the obscurity of the wood.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz