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favorite

[fey-ver-it, feyv-rit] / ˈfeɪ vər ɪt, ˈfeɪv rɪt /




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What was your favorite part about your role in the movie?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Writers who remained employed on this hollowed-out web were increasingly left wondering where all their favorite haunts had gone.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Your album “To Whom This May Concern” released in February, and it feels like a love letter from your favorite auntie.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

A crowd favorite, the 22-year-old sports the slogan “Dock It Like a Girl.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

“You were, like, my favorite person in the world. And you weren’t there at all.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Smart-ring maker Oura—whose fitness-tracking devices are favorites of the finance set—is now weighing a September or October offering after having filed its paperwork in May, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Faivre said the secret to recipes for family favorites is often lots of fat, salt and sugar.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Defending champion Palisades and Taft, which lost to the Dolphins in the Open Division semifinals last fall, are the preseason favorites in the City Section.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The two agree, the scene’s adapting to keep the favorites around, just in more refined settings.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Connor was talking nonstop, telling me all about jellyfish, because his class had gone on a field trip to the aquarium, and the moon jellies were his favorites.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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