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as in ministered (to)
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as in inclined (toward)
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preferred
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At first, Armstrong recalled, the conversations with Briere were brief as his new boss preferred to get down to business right away.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025 -
For example, Khan recently asked ChatGPT why chemotherapy is preferred over immunotherapy for a certain type of cancer.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Tended (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tended%20%28to%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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