preferred choice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreferredandchoice
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preferred
adjective
uk/prɪˈfɜːd/us/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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choice
noun
uk/tʃɔɪs/us/tʃɔɪs/
an act or the possibility ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandchoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpreferred choice
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Rice+wheat systems were thepreferredchoiceof farmers.
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We believe thepreferredchoicedepends on various aspects.
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It was not hispreferredchoice, and it is not the one that he subsequently adopted.
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This was hispreferredchoice.
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The further behind a voter'spreferredchoicewas expected to run in a constituency, the less likely a voter was to cast a vote for his or herpreferredchoice.
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They also report that if a patient already has apreferredchoice, the alternative may be less well discussed.
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The modified shunt produces a reduction in late failure, making it thepreferredchoiceover the classical shunt.
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It is the second option which is ourpreferredchoice, but publication of more pages needs greater resources.
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For both data sets, the 'local context' classifier is thepreferredchoice, followed by the 'keywords' classifier.
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There is every indication from our study that parents were in fact overwhelmingly using theirpreferredchoiceof childcare.
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It is thepreferredchoiceof the people.
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That is why it is ourpreferredchoice.
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The incentive to vote strategically in a wasted-vote situation is conditioned by the proximity of the second choice to the individual's leastpreferredchoice.
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In situations in which multilingual speakers are interacting, the use of more than one language is possible and may even be thepreferredchoice.
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Only 6 per cent of the respondents to the survey nominated apreferredchoiceof childcare that they were never using.
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From the group, 10 proposals were put on display in a community hall from which one design was recommended by the community representatives as apreferredchoice.
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Mypreferredchoice, by the way, would be the more ambitious second option.
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However much we dislike it, that is thepreferredchoiceof the parents.
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Ourpreferredchoicewill build in greater consumer safeguards by way of regulation.
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It is thepreferredchoice, and has the full support of the architects.
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Yet, overwhelmingly, that was thepreferredchoiceof knowledgeable scientists worldwide.
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It is now thepreferredchoiceof most motoring correspondents for its type—a medium-sized saloon car.
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Ensuring that all parents get theirpreferredchoiceof school depends on local institutions co-operating and working together.
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If women stay at home to look after their children, they do so because that is theirpreferredchoice.
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