favored
Example Sentences
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All three have said since the meeting that they favored raising rates now in order to forestall the possible need for steeper hikes later.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The record of the Fed’s meeting, released three weeks after its decision, showed that “several” officials favored raising interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Reem Ibrahim writes at Reason about countries that have already implemented a system like the one favored by Ms. Nixon:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Why is that a favored constitutional provision while this stuff all gets shoved to the side?
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Where Chase preferred words on a page, Mattie favored the spoken word.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
