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The phrase "approved a preferred" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express the approval of a preferred option or choice, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The committee approved a preferred candidate for the position."
Alternatives: "approved a chosen" or "endorsed a preferred".
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The company's board approved a preferred-share purchase- rights distribution to "assure that all of our stockholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of any proposed takeover".
Some will say that ultimately he deferred to his generals and approved their preferred strategy.
A veterinary approved prescription is preferred, but if no other pain relief is available, it is acceptable to give your dog paracetamol with food, as long as care is taken to observe the correct dosage.
The university's board of trustees approved a proposal to build a $5.3 million center to house Silent Sam, saying they would have preferred to move the monument off campus, but they were restricted by state law.
The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would assign the state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the national popular vote — regardless of whom Massachusetts voters preferred.
He approved a loan.
Functional payment systems are the results of negotiations and expected to be approved, if not preferred, by the members' union (that is, the medical association).
Take a preferred paying 6.5%.
Time has a preferred direction.
Uchida's original sequence had included Hommage à Schubert but, as she explained, the fastidious Kurtág had not approved, preferring her alternative choice, Hommage à Christian Wolff.
But while the judge seemed inclined to approve Microsoft's preferred plan for enforcement, she warned the company to keep its promise to put a high priority on abiding by the restrictions.
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