preference
Example Sentences
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Reasons for their absence include cost-cutting, a growing preference for tightly controlled social media-led launches, and the risk that a mauling from the Cannes critics can doom a movie.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Party members and affiliated trade union supporters vote by ranking the candidates in order of preference – putting a one next to their favourite, two for their second choice and so on.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
They are revealed preference doing what it’s supposed to do.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Germany and Japan remains supportive, and so, while U.S. equities are the preference, there are pockets of Europe and Japan where it feels comfortable, notably in industrials, materials, tech and utilities.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Yet before the first week was over he’d discovered in himself a preference for darkness.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing preference
Trumps
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"A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long," Vocabulary from the poem
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Geography and World Regions
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