Local should always be the preferred method for access "mission critical" things.

The preferred method for doing so, by far, is to buy back the company's own stock.

The Republicans adopted the primary as their preferred method in 1972.

"A stake through the heart has always been the preferred method," he said.

The preferred method in recent years has been to purchase commercial, bills.

Recently, the preferred method has reversed the order of the steps.

The preferred method was to bring the handgun up to just below eye level.

Well, university training seems to be the preferred method these days.

The preferred method, they say, is to avoid the American court system.

But increasingly, if the numbers are small, the preferred method is a personal call.