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Treated or regarded with partiality

Something or someone that is beloved

Characterized by widespread appeal or likeability

Better than some other option

Offering or producing the greatest advantage

According to one's preferences or requirements

Popular, desired, in demand

Imperative or essential for one's well-being or goals

Generally approved, believed, or recognized

Better qualified or more skilled

To have picked one option over another

Past tense for to like better

(formal) Past tense for to submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration

(archaic) Past tense for to advance or promote (someone or something), especially to a prestigious position

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Adjective

Treated or regarded with partiality

carefully chosen

closest to one's heart

specially selected

specially chosen

arranged in advance

pre-established

arranged beforehand advance

decided beforehand

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“For years, the establishment has been the town's preferred hotel due to its ideal location and excellent service.”

Adjective

Something or someone that is beloved

dear to your heart

well thought of

highly regarded

near to one's heart

worth its weight in gold

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Adjective

Characterized by widespread appeal or likeability

in the mainstream

commercially successful

up-to-the-minute

state-of-the-art

bang up to date

up to the minute

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Adjective

Better than some other option

carefully chosen

of the first water

top-of-the-line

top of the line

top of the range

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Adjective

Offering or producing the greatest advantage

to one's advantage

in one's interest

well thought out

worth the effort

to one's own advantage

in one's own interests

hedging your bets

in one's interests

in one's best interests

right up your street

fit for purpose

in keeping with

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Adjective

According to one's preferences or requirements

Adjective

Popular, desired, in demand

in great demand

long-wished-for

much to be desired

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Imperative or essential for one's well-being or goals

vitally important

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

meat-and-potatoes

earth-shattering

life-preserving

life-sustaining

bread-and-butter

of vital importance

business-critical

mission-critical

name-of-the-game

a matter of life and death

at the heart of

highly regarded

of high standing

meat and potatoes

bred in the bone

part and parcel

dyed-in-the-wool

of great import

no laughing matter

of significance

decision-making

straightforward

demanding attention

carrying a lot of weight

hanging by thread

ground-breaking

first-generation

worthy of attention

organizational^US

configurational

in anticipation of

well thought of

in the public eye

organisational^UK

most influential

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Adjective

Generally approved, believed, or recognized

long-established

tried and tested

in the habit of

run-of-the-mill

dyed-in-the-wool

well established

firmly established

across the board

well-established

recognizable^US

traditionalistic

recognisable^UK

middle-of-the-road

common or garden

commonly accepted

generally accepted

widely recognized

matter-of-course

signed and sealed

across-the-board

widely believed

self-proclaimed

undistinguished

in established usage

officially recognized

ceremonialistic

tried and trusted

standard operating procedure

playing it safe

according to Hoyle

taken for granted

sanctioned by law

going by the rules

straightforward

making the rounds

doing the rounds

encyclopedic^US

legally acceptable

legally binding

on everyone's lips

straight-shooting

honest-to-goodness

individualistic

encyclopaedic^UK

one-size-fits-all

ultraconservative

paleoconservative

archconservative

generally known

telling the truth

fair and square

on the up-and-up

only to be expected

par for the course

on the up and up

according to the book

straight from the horse's mouth

holding up in wash

got it together

most significant

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Adjective

Better qualified or more skilled

Verb

To have picked one option over another

elected to choose

felt disposed to

made a choice to

made a decision

come to a decision

made your mind up

committed oneself to

discriminated between

came to a decision

made a decision on

settled on a plan of action

put one's finger on

made a choice on

made up one's mind

made up your mind

made a selection

come down in favour of

reached a decision

made up your mind on

come to the conclusion

came down in favour of

come to decision

committed yourself

come to agreement

voted into office

committed oneself

picked and choose

come to a conclusion

made the decision to

had the intention

made a point of

reached decision

come to an agreement on

reached a conclusion

come to conclusion

come to a decision on

come to a conclusion on

made the choice of

reached a decision on

made a selection on

exercised choice

chosen by ballot

chose by ballot

gone down the line

went down the line

arrived at conclusion

came to a conclusion

came to agreement

drew a conclusion

drawn a conclusion

came to conclusion

came to decision

came to a conclusion on

came to a decision on

came to an agreement on

took a stand on

taken a stand on

came to the conclusion

taken a decision

took a decision

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“I would prefer walking over being stuck on a crowded bus during rush hour.”

Verb

Past tense for to like better

inclined towards

thought preferable

had a preference for

“I actually prefer plain old vanilla over the other flavors.”

Verb

(formal) Past tense for to submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration

“The prosecutor will prefer civil charges against several prominent ministers.”

Verb

(archaic) Past tense for to advance or promote (someone or something), especially to a prestigious position

“They would eventually prefer him to the bishopric of Durham.”

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