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"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "śreyas",
"sense": "better than some other option",
"word": "श्रेयस्"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "better than some other option",
"word": "výhodnejší"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "better than some other option",
"word": "preferible"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kráščyj",
"sense": "better than some other option",
"word": "кра́щий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najkráščyj",
"sense": "better than some other option",
"word": "найкра́щий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najlípšyj",
"sense": "better than some other option",
"word": "найлі́пший"
}
],
"word": "preferable"
}
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