preferentially

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Polar and nonpolar molecules rarely mix, because polar molecules preferentially attract one another via electrostatic interactions.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2025

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

Meeting organizers should consider preferentially locating conferences as close as possible to the majority of as many participants as possible, Gokus said, avoiding scenarios in which most are flying intercontinentally.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 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