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The phrase "always preferred to keep" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a consistent choice or inclination to maintain something over time.
Example: "She has always preferred to keep her personal life private, away from the public eye."
Alternatives: "has consistently chosen to maintain" or "has always opted to retain".
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The Arabs, who have always preferred to keep at a distance from the locals, have now gone further underground, resorting to hide-outs in tunnels dug into the mountainside in the Datta Khel area adjacent to Miram Shah, he said.
I have always preferred to keep things to myself, rather than sharing them with anyone, but I am learning that if you let it go, you feel better for it.
If the scene was subdued by the flashy standards of the Hamptons — there were no paparazzi, velvet ropes or pretty publicists checking guest lists on iPads — it was consistent with a town that has always preferred to keep its customs quiet and its time-honored rituals out of sight.
The actress took the recording into court, and a judge barred further contact between Mr. Baldwin and his daughter until a hearing on May 4. But Mr. Baldwin's spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik, said: "Alec has always preferred to keep private matters private.
Sir Jeremy Heywood has always preferred to keep daylight at arm's length, so to be dragged in front of a select committee two days running to explain his guidance to the civil service in dealing with ministers campaigning for Britain to leave the EU was testing more than just his patience.
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He played straight and drove well, striking the ball cleanly but always preferring to keep it along the ground.
As always, Mattis preferred to keep his differences with the president private.
ReprintsCynics, however, will say that the unrepentant general's real crime is to publicise what the French elite had always known but had preferred to keep hidden.
The National Gallery's executive, which would have preferred to keep these services in-house, has always been open to discussions with the unions.
Others preferred to keep quiet and stay.
"A majority would have preferred to keep it".
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