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

Instead, they “recycled and rotated” their money into other stock sectors, apparently favoring “recently oversold groups” such as financials and healthcare, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

Voters were also favoring Measure CB by a wide margin in preliminary returns.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 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

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