preferable

Example Sentences

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If you can swing it, check out local hotels for separate lodgings, which may be preferable to your overcrowded childhood home or sleeping on a couch in someone’s living room.

From Salon

Their rationale was that regulating industry through permits was preferable to companies ignoring eagle deaths out of fear of prosecution.

From Seattle Times

Some environmentalists said regulating the wind industry through permits was preferable to having companies ignore or cover up eagle deaths out of fear of prosecution.

From Seattle Times

She ticked off a list of preferable options: city-owned community centers and college campuses, an armory, empty luxury condos.

From Seattle Times

Rep. Garret Graves, Louisiana Republican, said a yearlong extension is preferable with the right mix of spending cuts.

From Washington Times