preferable

Example Sentences

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For Grimsby boss Artell, a "bowling green" surface much closer in quality to the one his side stunned Manchester United on in the League Cup earlier this season would also have been preferable.

From BBC

In essentially every case imaginable, enrolling in this kind of plan is preferable to stopping payments.

From Barron's

That’s preferable to owning “nominal assets,” given the dollar’s loss of 52% of its value over the past 30 years, he added.

From Barron's

Soluble fibers tend to add thickness and a creamy component, which is preferable when making a latte.

From Salon

She says for many of these patients, palliative care and managing their symptoms, mainly pain, would be preferable: "Their quality of life would be much better and we would avoid a hospital admission."

From BBC