favoring
Example Sentences
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A May poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that Proposition 39 was in a statistical dead heat, with 49% of voters favoring it and 51% opposed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
But increasingly, the retail crowd is favoring sectors and themes that have been driving much of the gains at the index level.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
It’s the largest monthly withdrawal seen all year, with macroeconomics currently favoring bonds and currency, not riskier assets like bitcoin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Baltussen says that in addition to following any of these stock-picking strategies in isolation, it also makes sense to apply them simultaneously, favoring stocks that score high across all three dimensions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
It followed inevitably from our selecting among wild plant individuals, and from competition among plant individuals in gardens favoring individuals different from those favored in the wild.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
