preferential
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Hosseini said Arab exporters in the Persian Gulf would get preferential treatment to cross if they pay in China’s currency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
There was a desire to set a precedent and avoid perceptions that Fernandez, one of the squad's senior figures, had received preferential treatment.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Under normal circumstances, the jointly stored crude is commercially used, but in the event of an emergency, Japanese oil companies have preferential purchasing rights.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Perhaps the saddest was the case of a Garden Grove gas station owner who was convicted of misdemeanors for illegally giving customers preferential treatment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
He could tell that Malfoy had expected to be treated like Harry or Zabini; perhaps even hoped for some preferential treatment of the type he had learned to expect from Snape.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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