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pride of place

noun as in preference

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The judges said Fender's third album "felt like a classic album, one that will take pride of place in record collections for years to come".

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“Whole of the Moon,” holding pride of place in the encore, felt like it had only recently been released, affirming, vital and very much needed right now.

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Sitting at a table in St James' Square, where the town's Fishermen's Memorial statue takes pride of place, I spot Gary Childs, a former midfielder who spent nine seasons at the club.

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Cato, a think tank co-founded by Charles Koch, has never relinquished its quest to privatize Social Security; the notion still occupies pride of place on the institution’s web page devoted to the program.

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“Tech companies don’t hold the same pride of place in the European economic system, and they’re not consumed with the need to compete with China militarily — they are much more focused on Russia,” Bergmann added.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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