preferential
Many farmers believe people will preferentially choose foods produced locally.
After review, the court determined that that no one had been treated preferentially.
Female pandas respond preferentially toward males that perform acrobatic handstands.
The disorder is preferentially found in females.
They begin to shed light on why the virus preferentially grows in the gut.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Advantage and disadvantage
ace
an ace up your sleeveidiom
attraction
be well in thereidiom
be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom
have it both waysidiom
have something on your sideidiom
have the inside trackidiom
have the odds/cards stacked against youidiom
head start
leg
lock
milk
profit from something
racing start
saving grace
scent bloodidiom
secret weapon
stick
the best of both worldsidiom

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Possible and probable