preferentially

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"Instead, hydrogen moves preferentially along well-defined helical pathways embedded within an ordered carbon structure."

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

The State Department, now run by former Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, manages visa processing and has pledged to lower wait times but it has also said it will not treat soccer fans preferentially.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

The color is due to Earth’s atmosphere acting as a lens and preferentially directing red and orange light onto the lunar surface, according to the Griffith Observatory.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

Looking to gain new insights into the generation of PCs, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions identified the genes that were preferentially expressed by emerging PCs to guide their development.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2024

We made sure that certain varieties, having properties we consider desirable, preferentially reproduced.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan