"exhibited a preference" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when describing a person's behavior or actions in showing a personal liking or choice for something. For example: - The young girl exhibited a preference for playing with dolls over other toys. - The CEO exhibited a clear preference for company growth over short-term profits. - The professor exhibited a strong preference for students who actively participated in class discussions.
She asked them questions and videotaped their interactions, then concluded that "65 percent of mothers and 70 percent of fathers exhibited a preference for once child, usually the older one".
This low reading indicates that investors have exhibited a preference for calls over puts.
Although both drug and vehicle treated rats exhibited a preference for the female, treatment with an oxytocin receptor antagonist decreased the amount of time spent with the female.
All larvae exhibited a preference for facing away from the center of the well and for the edge of the well.
Domain C exhibited a preference for a positive charge over a neutral function, with the space this functional group occupies contributing to affinity.
Three participants exhibited a preference for the SGD while the remaining participant demonstrated a preference for using MS. Results support previous studies showing that individuals with DD often show a preference for different AAC options and extend previous data by suggesting that acquisition and maintenance was better for the preferred option.
In other words, like millionaires, feudal lords, and goats, stinkbugs exhibit a preference for high places.
Unlike nitrogen and various other members of the family, phosphorus tends to exhibit a preference for the +5 state.
Federer, at 31, is actually the second youngest of the seven, with Haas, 35, exhibiting a preference for partners able to reminisce with him about growing up in the early 1980s.
For example, young rabbits, whose mothers ate food containing juniper in the late stages of pregnancy, will, when subsequently weaned, exhibit a preference for juniper and even for the odour of juniper.
While options are lightly traded on this security, speculators continue to exhibit a preference for calls over puts.
