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preferable

adjective as in favored

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I don’t know what’s going on, but this is preferable to hearing more facts about how much manure cows can produce in a day.

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There was nothing particularly likable about the baron, but she found him far preferable to his wife.

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And while actual human contact is preferable, it has real drawbacks.

But he suggested that such a deal was preferable to the kind of private equity investment that English rugby union has accepted.

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Working with regional allies is preferable as a policy, but sometimes unilateral U.S. force is necessary against jihadists.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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