preferred medium

collocation in English

meaningsofpreferredandmedium

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preferred
adjective
uk
/prɪˈfɜːd/us
/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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medium
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmiː.di.əm/us
/ˈmiː.di.əm/
a method or way of ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandmediumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The focus will be on posters, since these were the movements'preferredmediumfor pictorial communication.
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Thepreferredmediumobserved from the experiments on media type, was taken as the standard medium.
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A low, dense, contiguous, multifunctional building form was seen as thepreferredmediumfor urban design.
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On the other hand, felt-tip pen is generally thepreferredmediumfor the remaining architects interviewed.
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Nevertheless, those for whom radio is theirpreferredmedium, as well as those who prefer to watch television, are entitled to attention.
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The artist can then mix the colors into thepreferredmedium, creating a range of possibilities.
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His urge to create was in no way diminished and hispreferredmediumwas sculpture.
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However, as the genre developed, music video directors increasingly turned to 35 mm film as thepreferredmedium, while others mixed film and video.
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He made albumen and carbon prints, but hispreferredmediumwas the "platinotype" or platinum print process, admired for its permanence and great tonal range.
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Future development will broaden to other formats but printed manuscript is thepreferredmediumfor present development.
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All of the top 10 were now on thepreferredmediumcompound.
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Although watercolor paper is apreferredmedium, cotton, wool and even gelatin sizing on nonporous surfaces have been used.
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Oil paint is by far thepreferredmediumtoday and it lasts much longer.
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In thispreferredmediumthey attain their maximum in leaf size and beautiful colouring.
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Herpreferredmediumis oil on masonite, though she has also worked in other media, including glass and water colour.
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He also started to turn to sculpture, although lead still remains hispreferredmedium.
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Butter and clarified butter (also known as samna) are, traditionally, thepreferredmediumof cooking.
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He was no longer painting icons: hispreferredmediumwas now watercolour, through which he created his own highly idiosyncratic style.
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Hispreferredmediumfor carving is boxwood.
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During the 1820s steel began to replace copper as thepreferredmediumof commercial publishers for illustration, but still rivaled by wood engraving and later lithography.
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