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of choice en · ADP

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  1. (idiomatic) preferred above others.
    • "The Doors of Perception," as Aldous Huxley called them, had opened wide, and LSD became the drug of choice. 2006 Summer, Nicholas Delbanco, “Spring and Fall”, in The Southern Review, volume 42, number 3, page 536:
    • Once the cyst is diagnosed, surgical excision is the treatment of choice. 2010 May, Estiel Meyer with Wakisal Mulwafu, Johannes Fagan, Robin Brown, and Kathryn Taylor, “Ectopic thymic tissue presenting as a neck mass in children: A report of 3 cases.”, in ENT: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, volume 89, number 5, page 228:
    • Yesterday spears were the weapon of choice in the North Rift; today they are being replaced by the Kalashnikov and rocket-fired grenade. 2005 Autumn, Sidney L. Kasfir, “Narrating Trauma as Modernity”, in African Arts, volume 38, number 3, page 66:

Translations (4)

vi nên chọn (preferred above others) · es de cabecera (preferred above others) · de der Wahl (preferred above others) · fr de choix (preferred above others)