favoritism

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In June, victims' relatives filed more than 50 civil lawsuits against the Espaillats, while pressure mounted on the authorities amid allegations of favoritism for the owners, whose family also owns a media conglomerate.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

The program—intended to reduce favoritism and promote merit-based advancement—worked so well that the military made them mandatory with the creation of its Personnel Research Section.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

This favoritism would have been difficult to imagine even a few years ago.

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2025

Yet I think it has more to do with the inconsistency of refs and umps than favoritism or clumsily trying to rig a game.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

Other prisoners, meanwhile, began to share information, allowing White to uncover what was described as a system of “gilded favoritism and millionaire immunity.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann