"initially preferred" — Collocation dictionary inglés

initially preferred collocation
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  1. prefer verbo + initially adverbio
    Very loose collocation

    Turbo-charging was not preferred initially as the engines was perceived to be less reliable, but the method won a decisive victory by the mid-1970s as the 1973 oil crisis increased fuel costs.

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