Showing Results for "preferring"

preferring

VERB

favor; single out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adopt choose go for pick promote put select suggest wish

STRONG

advance aggrandize cull desire elect elevate fancy finger incline mark place pose present proposition propound raise tag take tap upgrade

WEAK

be partial to be turned on to fix upon like better opt for optate propone put forward would rather would sooner

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate refuse reject

STRONG

decrease depress disgrace drop ignore lessen lose lower stop withhold

WEAK

spurn

Example Sentences

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Preferring to spend its budget on other facilities many astronomers deemed more desirable and viable, the NSF opted not to rebuild the telescope.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2022

Preferring fiction over straight reporting, he spent much of his subsequent life writing novels.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2020

Preferring medical miracles, Americans reject simple public health steps.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2020

Preferring a prosperous junior partnership with Britain to a costly war, they correctly argued that the nation was unprepared to fight and unprotected from attack.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Preferring the less glorious and supposedly less influential position of cihuacoatl, head of internal affairs, he ruled from behind the scenes, dominating the Alliance for more than fifty years and utterly reengineering Mexica society.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann