preferred
Example Sentences
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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
Towelling herself off, language teacher Mariana Tsymbalenko, 39, said she preferred coming to the river than using air conditioning at home.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
But then Strategy doubled down again, turning to other funding sources: convertible bonds and high-yielding preferred shares.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
“These calls often came late at night,” says the historian, who preferred to remain anonymous.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing preferred
Sula
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 19
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"Speaking with Hands"
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