preferred

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Macquarie’s preferred sector pick is NTPC, for which it raises the stock’s target price to 480.00 rupees from 475.00 rupees, with an unchanged outperform rating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

And so it’s really the idea of trying to be that guy, which on some level, we’re all trying to be this kind of preferred version of ourselves, right?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Sancho, whose integration was delayed by an ear infection that led to him being in hospital, preferred to be on the left.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Tech companies have preferred a ship-first, sort-it-out-later approach.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

He might also have felt somewhat uncomfortable knowing that this easternmost option contradicted the impression that Madison had created in the earlier debates—namely, that a more western location near the Pennsylvania border was preferred.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis