disfavor
Example Sentences
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It was the stick he waved around the world to achieve his foreign policy aims, to show favor and disfavor, to offer or withhold exemptions to courtiers.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
Once a former U.S. ally, Noriega fell into disfavor after engaging in electoral fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
That shaving scene referenced earlier dramatizes why this and other supposedly neutral policies painfully disfavor some people without diving into a medical manual.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2025
This is not exactly in the show’s disfavor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
However, as Mozelle and Onzelle discovered, focusing on the status of the victim became one more way for the criminal justice system to disfavor some people.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing disfavor
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