be favorable
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The National Association of Manufacturers, the R&D Coalition and the National Foreign Trade Council sent letters urging the administration to write rules that would be favorable to companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
Maryland, which says prosecutors are required to turn over evidence that could be favorable to a defendant, including evidence of police misconduct.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
However, Kane said volcanoes can be somewhat of a "double-edged sword," meaning that too many of them would not be favorable to the possibility of life.
From Salon • May 24, 2023
With banks set to kick off their earnings on Friday, the risk-reward may be favorable to investors brave enough to step in with contrarian wagers, option mavens say.
From Reuters • Apr. 10, 2023
Everything at the North seemed now to be favorable to the Americans; but it was not so at the South.
From Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey by Beebe, Mabel