preferable

Example Sentences

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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

Generally, this is preferable to asking a hypothetical in opinion polls, which are getting more difficult than ever to do well.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Given the uncertainties, some former military officers said a diplomatic agreement could be preferable to war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

It is hard to reconstruct in our minds a mental universe where Pascal’s explanation seems obviously unsatisfactory and an explanation in terms of nature’s purposes seems obviously preferable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton