Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Prefer
Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- On the level of story, this is how the asari prefer to fight - when forced into conventional combat, they lose their homeworld Thessia within days.
Source: Hit-and-Run Tactics -
However, you lose all clear memory of these things when you leave its borders because they prefer to be left alone.
Source: Literature / Circle of Magic -
Take My Hand: "Bring Me to Life." Woman in White: Lee seems to prefer white outfits for shooting the videos.Must be exhausting to lose your own game.
Source: Music / Evanescence
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Prefer and Lose. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lose/prefer
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