preferred
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The Big Tech types whose main value still stems from their consumer products, like Apple, have no choice but to wait behind the preferred clientele, and to price-gouge their own shrinking inventories in the meantime.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
At that time, the mode of travel preferred by cross-channel smugglers was freight lorries rather than small boats.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
The Fed's preferred inflation gauge came in at a three-year high of 4.1 percent in May.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
The buyback reduced the funds available to cover preferred dividend obligations, sending shares of Stretch into a tailspin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
“I thought you preferred the term ‘eccentric philanthropist.’”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing preferred
Sula
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 19
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