preferable

Example Sentences

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A private sale bails out Mr. Ergen but is still preferable to letting Mr. Ergen sit on unused spectrum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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

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

He felt that poverty in a democracy was preferable to wealth in a tyranny.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan