prefer

Example Sentences

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Another challenge is the attitude of some families who prefer - and feel safer, perhaps - if their loved one is under the care of a hospital.

From BBC

But even with the tip sheet, the study subjects said in interviews that they didn’t strongly prefer the truly local over the manufactured sites.

From Los Angeles Times

Commodus, now a teenager, had shown he had none of his father’s nature; he so preferred athletics to statecraft that some believed he’d been sired by a gladiator.

From The Wall Street Journal

He preferred not to disclose whether Cargill lost money in Venezuela but it would be difficult to see how they avoided it.

From MarketWatch

Most of his classmates, himself included, preferred to listen to hip-hop back then.

From Los Angeles Times