favored

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The relative attractiveness of non-U.S. equities is showing up among the stocks and funds favored by the investment newsletters my performance auditing firm monitors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Civil libertarians have favored it, including when Cook led a fight against the FBI, which wanted Apple to build digital backdoors into iPhones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

And unlike the superconducting loops favored by International Business Machines and Google, which must be chilled to temperatures colder than deep space, photonic interconnects can operate at room temperature.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

One possibility is that the companies could be split up, an outcome favored by critics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Where Chase preferred words on a page, Mattie favored the spoken word.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson