preference
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It also gives preference to partners that are local.
From Los Angeles Times
Clara Davis, an influential pediatrician, taught that children possessed innate wisdom, and thus their preferences and cravings were a better guide to what they should eat than the dreary and tyrannical “dosage method.”
While customization adds operational complexity, it is a powerful way to boost growth by letting customers tailor drinks to their individual health goals and taste preferences.
The choice of many schools and companies to convert therapeutic language into policy has hardened these cultural preferences into rules with administrative force.
However, he feels its important to show that deaf people have different communication preferences.
From BBC
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