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What children eat during their toddler years can influence the flavors they prefer and the dietary patterns they follow later in childhood, with potential consequences for long-term health.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

They prefer biopharma and med tech/life science-tools stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

But this is easily the most bizarre record by the Strokes, and will prove challenging to those who would prefer that the group fly straight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

"I generally prefer the stuff he says about his businesses," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

She isn’t as horrible as I initially thought, but I prefer normal Andre to lovesick Andre.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Industrials are a chunk of the high-quality compounders Almeida prefers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Analysts have called Syrskiy a micromanager who prefers top-down decision-making to the horizontal structures promoted by today’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization militaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Frozen puff pastry is wonderfully forgiving, provided you remember that butter prefers to stay cool.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

She prefers to swap pieces with friends and her pieces are intermingled with many gifts from other people.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Near morning, I print out what I have done in one long continuous sheet, the way he prefers to read the thick stack of names.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

This goes against years of government advice that passive cooling was the preferred method - using shade, ventilation and other design features to bring down temperatures, not mechanical means.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The low-key, low-pressure weekend is Gen Z’s preferred option, Harris Poll researchers said Wednesday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Black voters broke 71% for Talarico and 8% for Paxton, while Latinos preferred Talarico by a 66% to 20% margin.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

Petitti said that the Big Ten would’ve preferred “a much skinnier bill” than the current version, but “that is not the reality right now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“I had Constance place the advertisement, though I put in the bit about ‘experience with animals strongly preferred.’

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Short-only funds like hers had been falling out of vogue, with investors instead preferring long-short funds or the fast-growing multi-managers that run sprawling portfolios and tightly manage risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Locke is reluctant to divulge his own interpretation of the characters’ future, preferring instead to let viewers make sense of the hopeful ending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

It even objected to the Vatican's decision to have priests face the congregation when holding Mass, preferring the medieval practice of facing the altar, with their backs to the congregants.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

“All I ask is that you walk with me four more blocks north — ” “I thought you said Bodega was meeting me,” I protested, preferring to be in Bodega’s company than Nazario’s.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez