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preference

[pref-er-uhns, pref-ruhns] / ˈprɛf ər əns, ˈprɛf rəns /




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However, the company went on to source equity from elsewhere and when US equity firm TSG Consumer Partners acquired a 22% stake in Brewdog, they were given "preference shares".

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Increasingly a sinister hue attaches to Beijing’s preference for “open weight” models.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

“What we don’t know is how much of this preference is meant as a counterweight to incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s presumed dovish bias,” LeBas said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The findings suggest that the combination of upright walking and larger brains may explain why humans developed such an unusually strong preference for the right hand.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Every step of my application had felt like a dare, an endeavor I’d taken on because graduation was approaching and my preference for parties over academics had left me with poor grades and no plans.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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