preferable

Example Sentences

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A group of academics agreed, claiming it was "overwhelmingly preferable to targeted testing based on allegations, suspicion and bias".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s distractingly eclectic but vastly preferable to sci-fi scores that just aim to sound, well, vast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

And only one seems preferable for buyers and sellers in a housing market that’s been constrained by high interest rates and out-of-reach prices for several years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Europe’s regulatory machine is slow and bureaucratic, but for long-term decisions, slow and predictable is preferable to fast and erratic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Being that unanchored and that much in peril seems preferable to being here, grounded on the earth that wrecked her.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti