favoring
Example Sentences
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Kirchner said that ruling seemed to apply in this case, but indicated a decision favoring the landowner over the public was out of touch with the practices in other states.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Public investments to address market failures should avoid favoring select companies—and should note that many of the strongest companies in America are foreign-owned.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Another red flag is that the child might start defending, talking about or favoring an online group with cult-like attachment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
The portfolio implication is to tactically maintain risk exposure while adding hedges and favoring energy, healthcare, industrials and materials over consumer sectors.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Thus, we might say that a 95 percent confidence interval for the percentage of voters favoring candidate X is 45 percent plus or minus 6 percent.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
