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favor

[fey-ver] / ˈfeɪ vər /






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Chipotle Mexican Grill has fallen out of favor over the past year as concerns emerged about the company’s ability to maintain its industry-leading growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

It can provide electricity for only a few hours a day, and people avoid its flattened currency in favor of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

A bet that it reopens by July 31 shifted to mostly “no” by late May; current odds are tilted in favor of a reopening by December.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Randall “Randy” Goddard of the LAPD’s Information Technology Bureau wrote streetlighting officials to say that the Palisades community “could use a big favor from your department.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Nobody whose mind has done as much work as mine has trying to ignore that ending in favor of one that would have been more just.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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