preference
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Knowledge flows easily between them thanks to a culture of publishing research and the Chinese developers’ preference for open-source technologies that are largely free for download and modification.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
But both illustrate how valuable it has become for food companies to arrive earlier — to understand appetite not merely after a preference has been expressed, but while it is still taking shape.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
That preference allows the engineered bacteria to function as microscopic drug factories inside tumors.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
"The current model of providing emergency general surgery across two sites is becoming increasingly unsustainable and our preference is for a planned and managed change to avoid potential service collapse," the spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
I was raised by the music community, with dozens of aunties and uncles who took me in as their own little foundling, even after I started showing a strange preference for classical music.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
Forti said the veto-wielding nations -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- might wait until later to express their preferences, while new contenders could emerge.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
For now, the company is looking to wrap the needs of GLP-1 users into the general preferences of the growing number of health-conscious consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Rather than trying to control which molecule receives an electron through conventional chemical preferences, the researchers developed a catalyst that releases the electron directly into the surrounding solution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
These are voters whose preferences the pre-election polling did not seem to adequately reflect.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
In fact, the preferences expressed by online daters fit snugly with the most common stereotypes about men and women.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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