preferred status
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreferredandstatus
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preferred
adjective
uk/prɪˈfɜːd/us/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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status
noun
uk/ˈsteɪ.təs/us/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In subsequent developments, particle-stem structures lost theirpreferredstatus.
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That said, there are also some reasons to worry about "preferredstatus" for organ donors.
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But that's exactly why givingpreferredstatusto organ donors makes sense - it gives people a strong incentive to register as organ donors.
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The organization believes thispreferredstatuswill give people an incentive to donate their organs, and - as more people join - more organs will become available.
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The permutation amounts to an operation on the internal structure of a turn to reorder the components to augment thepreferredstatusof the action.
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Corrective justice would appear to be relevant no matter how a normativelypreferredstatusquo was altered, even if, for instance, it was disrupted by a natural disaster.
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First, many people might be happy to donate their organs in exchange forpreferredstatus, but that group is not homogeneously young and free of disease.
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What is being removed is thepreferredstatusof an individual who is presently within an approved scheme.
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Truman supported the plebiscite so that residents of the island could express their opinion ofpreferredstatus.
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This makes them official languages, havingpreferredstatusin law over all other languages.
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Insured deposits under 85,000 (100,000) are exempt and, with specific exemptions, uninsured deposits of individuals and small companies are givenpreferredstatusin the bail-in pecking order for taking losses.
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