preference
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The cosmic microwave background — the afterglow of the Big Bang — shows a small but persistent asymmetry: a preference for one spatial orientation over its mirror image.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
One of the letters released as part of the documents expressed that Mountbatten-Windsor had a preference for visiting "the more sophisticated countries".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Loïc Gouzer, a former Christie’s rainmaker who created the app six years ago, said ensconcing Banksy inside a luxury jeweler nodded to the artist’s preference for high-low juxtapositions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
She also began applying directly to companies’ career pages instead of through the big job platforms, and narrowed her search by role, company and her preference to work remotely.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
It should also be noted that some music traditions around the world do not use the type of precision tunings described above, not because they can't, but because of an aesthetic preference for wide tuning.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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