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preferential

[ UK /pɹˌɛfəɹˈɛnʃə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹɛfɝˈɛnʃəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. manifesting partiality
    preferential treatment
    preferential tariff rates
    a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting
    a discriminatory tax

How To Use preferential In A Sentence

  • They are only preparing them for the preferential treatment awaiting them when they become hardened criminals in modern jails. The Sun
  • This loss in yearly disposable income would occur if Britain adapted a trading agreement which involved the loss of preferential trade links with the EU. Times, Sunday Times
  • Ola also claimed certain couples get preferential treatment when it comes to routines and song choices. The Sun
  • Over six years ago, the Association put forward proposals, which would rank farmers as preferential creditors for agricultural produce supplied by them.
  • It proposed that affirmative action be limited to initial preferential treatment, and that a cut-off date be fixed for the programme.
  • Clones displaying a preferential expression in early placenta after Southern blot analysis were selected and sequenced.
  • In many cases, quartz overgrowths were preferentially corroded and dissolved in the presence of pyrophyllite, most likely during acidic metasomatism.
  • Circularly polarized x rays preferentially eject electrons from atoms magnetically aligned with the polarization axis.
  • Despite her status, the Duchess will not be given preferential treatment.
  • In contrast, users who like to stay at home or be alone do not preferentially associate with other loners.
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