favoring
Example Sentences
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"The nervous system adopts a safety-first approach, compensating for age-related changes by favoring stability over performance," says Associate Professor Immink, Lead of the Active Lives Research Program within the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Now, the reshaping of the Mayor’s Fund has jolted the city’s business elite, in part because it points to the most decisive shift in power favoring the governing class in about 50 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
They also discovered that marine microorganisms behave like selective eaters, favoring fresh carbon from the ocean over older carbon released from permafrost.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
A May poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that Proposition 39 was in a statistical dead heat, with 49% of voters favoring it and 51% opposed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Technology has helped to alter the balance of the musical experience, favoring music listening over music making.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
