While Pelosi prefers to do a comprehensive relief package, one policy she is said to be considering is a $75 billion bill that would bolster coronavirus testing and tracing programs nationwide.
Why lawmakers may choose a more targeted approach for the second round of COVID stimulus|Aric Jenkins|September 16, 2020|Fortune
Viruses, which hijack cells to copy their proteins, have, predictably, evolved a taste for the same codons that human cells prefer.
Synthetic biologists have created a slow-growing version of the coronavirus to give as a vaccine|David Rotman|September 16, 2020|MIT Technology Review
I prefer to keep the mobile version on the left-hand side and desktop version of the source code on the right-hand side.
How to earn your place in Google’s index in 2020|Bartosz Góralewicz|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Land
This easel-style calendar doesn’t ask a whole lot of you, and some people rightfully prefer their office supplies that way.
Desk calendars to organize your life|PopSci Commerce Team|September 10, 2020|Popular Science
While companies still overwhelmingly prefer board candidates with prior public board experience—72% of this year’s new picks had that record—they’re slowly accepting different kinds of leaders.
Nearly half of open board seats went to women in 2019. Only 23% were filled by people of color|ehinchliffe|September 10, 2020|Fortune
This final episode of Extras is the perfect Christmastime escape for those who prefer the bittersweet to the saccharine.
The Top 10 Nontraditional Christmas TV Episodes|Jace Lacob|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We prefer to wave away the warning signs; like The Interview, Mulholland Drive was comfortably downplayed as over-the-top satire.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack|James Poulos|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both are offering original programing designed to be viewed however you prefer—one episode at a time or all at once.
Binge Watching is the New Bonding Time|The Daily Beast|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Note: If you prefer cookies thin and crisp, bake them straight from the mixing bowl.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies|Ina Garten|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such messages are unlikely to be beloved of secularists who prefer to scoff at the religious rather than engage with them.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times|Jay Michaelson|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Me, I prefer to look at hype-flight from the point of view of the service.
Next Door, Next World|Robert Donald Locke
Further, it is almost childish to prefer the time-changed colours to the fresh ones.
Chats on Japanese Prints|Arthur Davison Ficke
Quarter the apples, or take out the core and leave them whole, as you prefer.
The Young Housekeeper's Friend|Mrs. (Mary Hooker) Cornelius
Personally I prefer the habits of India to those of Egypt concerning the departed.
A Labrador Doctor|Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
My immediate first impulse is to protest against the inquisitor and to prefer the merchant who comes to offer me his wares.
Tragic Sense Of Life|Miguel de Unamuno
British Dictionary definitions for prefer
prefer
/ (prɪˈfɜː) /
verb-fers, -ferringor-ferred
(when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive)to like better or value more highlyI prefer to stand
lawto give preference, esp to one creditor over others
(esp of the police) to put (charges) before a court, judge, magistrate, etc, for consideration and judgment
(tr; often passive)to advance in rank over another or others; promote
Derived forms of prefer
preferrer, noun
Word Origin for prefer
C14: from Latin praeferre to carry in front, prefer, from prae in front + ferre to bear
usage for prefer
Normally, to is used after prefer and preferable, not than: I prefer Brahms to Tchaikovsky; a small income is preferable to no income at all . However, than or rather than should be used to link infinitives: I prefer to walk than/rather than to catch the train