preferences

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It really depends on your taste preferences and how much spice you’re craving in the moment.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

She wrote that considering legislative history “prevents the preferences of judges from supplanting the will of the people.”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In recent data, “we can see the preferences tilt a little to more expensive home, and I suspect that that’s due to that wealth effect for those buyers,” Simonsen said in an accompanying video.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

According to the team, both taste preferences and long-standing habits may drive the urge to add salt.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Even among herbivores and omnivores, many species, like koalas, are too finicky in their plant preferences to recommend themselves as farm animals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond