Avoiding one-use kitchen utensils, Elton forgoes apple corers, preferring the more versatile paring knife.
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Preferring
Synonyms for "preferring" (17 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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17 entriesadjectiveattitudebiasbias in researchchoicecognitive statedecisiondecision makingdescriptorgrammatical categorygrammatical formgrammatical termmodifiermorphologypart of speechselection
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19 entriesattributive preferringbiasedchoice formationconfirmation biasfavoringfavoritismgerundnominalizationoption selectionpartialpartialitypredicative preferringpreferentialpresent participleprioritizingselecting
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10 entrieshabitual preferencenonrandom preferenceoption selectionpreference formationpreferential treatmentpreferred optionprioritization methodpriority rankingstable preferencestrong preference
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11 total sentences available.
In Quebec, people tend to avoid the use of English, preferring the use of French.
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Tom, stubborn as he was, refused to change to the sensible metric system, preferring to measure volume in hogsheads instead.
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Britain, like the United States, didn’t take up the offer, preferring instead to develop their own testing methods for the virus.
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