preference
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It also speaks to Antares’s preference for companies that aren’t reinventing the wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Novack generally shuns them but understands it is a personal preference for those who can afford it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Prof Norman Ratcliffe, who led the research, explained that the chinstraps' "specialist diet" and preference for cooler waters appears to have left them vulnerable.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
JPM says its preference in the industry shifts to Schneider’s smaller French peer Legrand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The question of team preference was common in our part of North Carolina, and the answer supposedly spoke volumes about the kind of person you either were or hoped to become.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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We want our preferences remembered, our mistakes corrected and our food ready precisely when promised.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Insecure originalists may worry that they are subconsciously engaging in “judicial activism” in the service of their own policy preferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
If you aren’t communicating your preferences early and often, they might not know that this is a financial stress for you.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The gender gap also narrowed considerably when looking at political preferences among college-educated Latino men and women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
I wonder how it would feel to spend your whole life trying to remember other people’s preferences on toast butter and starch amounts and sheet changing.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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