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been preferred to
verb
To advance, promote (someone).
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Others have been preferred to Josh McGuire.
He's been preferred to Ben Stokes, so there's a certain amount of pressure on his shoulders.
They controlled the second half and Tyton, who had been preferred to Wojciech Szczesny, excelled to keep Poland in contention.
James Simpson-Daniel, who might have been preferred to Lesley Vainikolo on the wing, was not considered because of injury.
JD 1.09pm: Surprising athletics story: Nicola Sanders has been preferred to the Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu to run the 400m at the European Team Championships in Bergen.
Jakub Blaszczykowski worked the ball wide right for Kamil Grosicki, who had been preferred to Bartosz Kapustka, and he dinked his cross over the head of Boateng.
Wales's Stephen Jones has been preferred to Ronan O'Gara of Ireland as the Lions' fly-half for the first Test against South Africa in Durban on Saturday.
I am delighted for all concerned, and only a touch surprised that War Horse should have been preferred to Jerusalem as best play.
However, Lindegaard had been preferred to David De Gea, United's £18-million Spanish goalkeeper, after De Gea made a hash of things in the Blackburn game.
In a country where infrastructure, industrialisation and economic development have been in the hands of an elite that has always controlled the state, consumers have always been preferred to citizens.
It is impossible to settle on just one culprit, but Evans had looked out of his depth from the start and even when the teamsheet was handed round there was surprise that he had been preferred to Phil Jones.
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