distinct preference for

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinct,preferenceandfor

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distinct
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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preference
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpref.ər.əns/us
/ˈpref.ər.əns/
the fact that you like something or someone more than another thing ...
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for
preposition
uk
/fɔːr/us
/fɔːr/
intended to be ...
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In sum, these households displayed adistinctpreferencefor engaging in greater amounts of self-help.
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It is more than adistinctpreference.
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It gives him not only an advantage but adistinctpreference.
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The species has adistinctpreferencefor warm currents.
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Snails show adistinctpreferencefor moist feed.
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Disulfides show adistinctpreferencefor dihedral angles approaching 90.
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The dragonish part of its nature gives the chimera adistinctpreferencefor caves as lairs.
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In part, this was due to the federal government'sdistinctpreferencefor awarding contracts to the lowest bidder.
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Some ions may have adistinctpreferencefor the octahedral site depending on the "d-electron" count.
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However, if this food is offered alone, with no other options, for several weeks, workers will afterward show adistinctpreferencefor a different type of food.
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In the experiment a female lab-raised prairie vole was mated with a male, and formed adistinctpreference for him associated with a 50% increase of dopamine.
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The cane toad inhabits open grassland and woodland, and has displayed adistinctpreferencefor areas that have been modified by humans, such as gardens and drainage ditches.
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In both later cases, however, there is adistinctpreferencefor ancohemitonia, as the lack of adjacency of any two semitones goes a long way towards softening the increasing dissonance.
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