Similar words: prefer, preferable, preference, refer, refer to, reference, marred, deference. Meaning: [prɪ'fɜrd /-'fɜːd] adj. 1. more desirable than another 2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
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91. This recipe produces a cake with a moist, slightly gummy texture, which some of our tasters actually preferred.
92. We had deliberately chosen a villa with easy access to the sea, but the children preferred their own pool.
93. On the whole he preferred recorded music and the chance it gave for repeated hearings.
94. He calculated that he could not beat either Heath or Maudling, and he preferred to avoid the contest.
95. The abbreviation of would indicate that the stock is a preferred stock.
96. One important cause of residential segregation is competition for access to preferred forms of housing.
97. Instead of escalation, Clinton's preferred tactic had been to scale back the patrols to avoid clashes.
98. Mastic asphalt can be laid over any deck but, in general, a general, a concrete base is preferred.
99. Therefore, everybody is descended from men who preferred fertile women, and every person inherits from those ancestors the same preference.
100. Preferred dividends are deducted because, unlike interest paid to bondholders, they are not a tax-deductible expense of doing business.
101. Now he preferred him at London, for Bishops of London are by geography close colleagues of archbishops at Lambeth.
102. She preferred the sizzling animosity between them to this ... this awkwardness.
103. Surgeons, however, preferred total anaesthesia for such procedures; they still do.
104. Or, if preferred, have a snack in the piano bar.
105. She would have preferred a woman of her own age and background.
106. We have no automatic right to Group work but we do try to be the preferred contractor.
107. He preferred the airless quiet of the tunnel to the numbing of his skull.
108. Indeed, Fleet was eager to liquidate the preferred shares, because they legally precluded it from integrating those newly acquired assets.
109. The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
110. The Interfax news agency reported that Pope rejected Putin's offer, saying he preferred to wait for his own doctors.
111. They did not respond if the perceived direction of movement of the chevron was in the preferred direction.
112. She knew perfectly well from the many Press photos of him that he preferred casual wear.
113. Rachel Gray might be an outstandingly good actress but many actor-managers preferred to have a lesser actress and less temperament.
114. The clergy, however(sentencedict.com/preferred.html), preferred to discuss these matters in provincial clerical synods where they governed the procedures and priorities.
115. Newer bills are preferred because they are more difficult to counterfeit.
116. Lenders and market analysts said move-up projects remain the preferred product type for most builders.
117. Adams's preferred footwear in the mountains was rubber-soled basketball shoes.
118. Adtranz Signal has been selected as preferred bidder, with the formal contract to be signed shortly.
119. The space agency would have preferred to talk instead about its plans to explore Mars.
120. As a child, she preferred playing football with the boys to playing with dolls.
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