He was treated preferentially. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : preferential policies. ,a preferential hiring system. From Dictionary.com.
Schreiner B, McMahon EJ, Miller SD (2007) CNS myeloid DCs presenting endogenous myelin peptides 'preferentially' polarize CD4+ T (H) -17 cells in relapsing EAE. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
It's actually, taken up preferentially by the thyroid glands. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2002] Reference
Eucalyptus grandis, preferentially on loamy, moist and healthy soils. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Forests] Reference
You mean to tell us that professors are giving preferentially to a professor?. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
"So you preferentially adopt certain behaviors, yet you have no preferences.". From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
They regurgitate blood preferentially to those who have recently groomed them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
Maybe they somehow cause the human body to preferentially store away calories as fat. From Wordnik.com. ['Good Calories, Bad Calories'] Reference
And those vaccines will be preferentially directed toward children and pregnant women. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2009] Reference
They are designed to preferentially amplify weak signals, instead of detect frequency. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Making light under difficult conditions] Reference
Perhaps the enzyme is drawn preferentially to the insulin, allowing A-beta to build up. From Wordnik.com. [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference
If the enzyme is drawn preferentially to the insulin, this would allow A-beta to build up. From Wordnik.com. [Into The Darkness Of The Mind] Reference
And yet, the insurance companies figured out a way to preferentially cover healthy people. From Wordnik.com. [Wonkbook: Treasury talks housing; lending loosens; death and joblessness] Reference
In 1918, the curious thing about that flu, it killed young, healthy people preferentially. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2005] Reference
The semen spreads through the pond, perhaps preferentially fertilizing other egg clusters. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf's Children]
Dr. DOSENBACH: We try to find which parts of the brain preferentially talk to which other parts. From Wordnik.com. [Determining 'Brain Age' With A Simple Scan] Reference
No students are preferentially admitted -- given a break in a system of racial double standards. From Wordnik.com. [Separation Anxiety] Reference
Habitat loss occurs preferentially in lowland forests, which are replaced quickly by urban areas. From Wordnik.com. [Serra do Mar coastal forests] Reference
Lower elevations have milder slopes, and were preferentially selected for conversion to agriculture. From Wordnik.com. [Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests] Reference
LEVIN: The reality is that sometimes stars are treated preferentially because authorities are star struck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2007] Reference
LEVIN: The reality is sometimes that stars are treated preferentially because authorities are star struck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007] Reference
It sort of affects the central nervous system and preferentially affects a growing central nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2007] Reference
What if clones become ubiquitous and then turn out to be preferentially vulnerable to some emerging disease?. From Wordnik.com. [Cloned Beef (and Pork and Milk): It's What's for Dinner] Reference
Programmes should not be preferentially funded and staffed purely because they have been previously established. From Wordnik.com. [RDP White Paper] Reference
If water has to be used, making sure that it is boiled first, preferentially, drinking bottled water, washing hands. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2005] Reference
Do most Americans really believe that the game is not rigged by rich powerful elites to preferentially benefit them?. From Wordnik.com. [From Economic Apartheid to Political Revolution] Reference
Jews are treated preferentially on occupied land and are separated from the Palestinian population in isolated cantons. From Wordnik.com. [Human Rights in Israel and Occupied Palestine] Reference
Nor may the state require that private businesses, educational institutions, or associations treat women preferentially. From Wordnik.com. [Liberal Feminism] Reference
The idea is relatively simple: a dye is added to the sample, and it adheres preferentially to certain molecular structures. From Wordnik.com. [Cheap Microscopes Could Help Developing Nations Improve Health Care] Reference
HARVEY LEVIN, TMZ. COM: The reality is that sometimes stars are treated preferentially because authorities are star struck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2007] Reference
During the 1980's minority groups protested that hazardous waste sites were preferentially sited in minority neighborhoods. From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 22- Culture and Aesthetic] Reference
In contrast, 2009 H1N1 has preferentially affected young adults and children while older patients appear to have some immunity. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jon LaPook: The Ten Most Important Things to Know about the 2009 H1N1] Reference
The purpose is a society that, first, preserve equal liberties; second, attends preferentially to the needs of the disadvantaged. From Wordnik.com. [Saving the American Left: The Case for a New Progressive Creed] Reference
The sea star Pisaster ochraceus, the original keystone species, feeds preferentially on mussels on northeast Pacific rocky shores. From Wordnik.com. [Keystone species] Reference
For many years genes and gene products (principally proteins) were relatively easy to study and hence were studied preferentially. From Wordnik.com. ['The Corpse in the Elevator': An Exchange] Reference
V2 cells respond preferentially to small spots of color and also to oscillating rodlike objects, i.e. stimuli that resemble snakes. From Wordnik.com. [Snakes in Primate Vision] Reference
As with the liver, the kidneys have a high blood flow, which preferentially exposes these organs to toxicants in high concentrations. From Wordnik.com. [Distribution of toxicants in the body] Reference
But the main argument (in giving land preferentially to men) is the shortage of land and the need to provide land for men with families. From Wordnik.com. [Triumphs' Part I - Migrant Labour and Segregation] Reference
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