prefer
Example Sentences
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When it comes to honouring theses soldiers as military heroes, she prefers to look to the future.
From BBC
It seemed to strongly prefer my dominant right hand; my left, though free, found it hard to hold a cup of tea steady enough to reach my office without sloshing.
The Fed predicted banks might prefer the greater safety of reserve balances as a way to satisfy stricter capital-adequacy regulations.
That is the Fed’s preferred gauge on inflation.
Sector bond ETFs are tougher to find, but Invesco Financial Preferred holds preferred stock in many financial institutions.
From Barron's
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