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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
prefer .
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Examples
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The sort of government Matt prefers is the Scandinavian model — one with high taxes, high government spending, and generous welfare benefits.
Matthew Yglesias » School Lunch Or; How to Make Government Work 2009
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Palin prefers that unelected insurance industry clerks make these life-and-death decisions which include increasing their boss's and possibly their own pay by denying services.
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The notion that a majority might act in concert to establish whatever sort of government it prefers is denied by libertarians, and denounced as usurpation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Behavioral Economics and Regulatory Policy: 2010
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I knew that one looked like trouble from the start. and who knows, maybe Robin prefers brown.
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The drunkard Alwin prefers his meal in the company of warm sake.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jerine 2008
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Perhaps Palin prefers to keep her religious beliefs private.
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The drunkard Alwin prefers his meal in the company of warm sake.
I'm too hot for Auckland Jerine 2008
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Hell - that is OLD NEWS, McCain prefers Town Hall meetings where he answers direct questions put to him by folks in the audience.
The McCain factor 2008
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But a couple said we should just pronounce it the way the bearer of the name prefers, including one who pronounces her name "freed" even though it's spelled "fried," like fried rice.
Terrance Heath: Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard, Pt. 2 2009
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Alvin prefers that place over other sushi restaurants.
131207 - Eye of Malaysia Jerine 2007
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