preferentially

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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

"The formation of a copper-carbamic acid complex within the pores suggests strong and selective interactions with CO2, which is crucial for ensuring that CO2 is preferentially adsorbed over other gases in flue emissions."

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

Due to their dark colour, meteorites preferentially heat up with respect to the surrounding ice.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 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