preferred source

collocation in English

meaningsofpreferredandsource

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preferred
adjective
uk
/prɪˈfɜːd/us
/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Discussion with the doctor is thepreferredsource, but information may be reinforced by provision of printed or electronic media.
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There is very little discussion in the four guidelines about thepreferredsourceof cost data.
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A choice has to be made regarding thepreferredsourceof service delivery between existing options.
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Participants were asked about social networks, knowledge of intestinal parasites, symptoms, and theirpreferredsourceof medical care.
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Will he consider modifying hispreferredsourcepolicy so that redundancies which might occur in my constituency will be avoided?
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This was known as thepreferredsourcepolicy.
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There is nothing sacrosanct about thepreferredsourcepolicy.
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How does he line this fact up with the point about apreferredsourceof supply, and justify this action?
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But live donation, even between close relatives, is not ourpreferredsourceof supply of kidneys.
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They will be regarded as apreferredsourcefor the sorts of munitions they are equipped to produce.
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As we have already announced, thepreferredsourcepolicy has been ended.
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There is undoubtedly uncertainty about those matters and about the loss of thepreferredsourcearrangement which has obtained for so long.
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It is believed, with some justification, that while the factories remain a state operation, thepreferredsourcearrangement, or something similar, should apply until vesting day.
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The wood is also reportedly apreferredsourceof cooking fuel, since it makes a hot and long-lasting fire.
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Later wax candles made from various plant extracts replaced tallow as thepreferredsourceof illumination.
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The development of the rivers would have allowed access to apreferredsourceof power.
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Natural gas, which is cleaner-burning and more easily transportable, has replaced coal as thepreferredsourceof heating in homes, businesses and industrial furnaces.
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Sassafras oil is thepreferredsourceof safrole, which is the main component (7580%) of the essential oil.
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