favorable

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If the opportunity to launch in the 2030s is missed, the next favorable window may not arrive until the mid-2040s.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Cinquemani's research brings together these established ideas with newer evidence suggesting that impact-generated systems may also have played a role and, in some cases, may offer especially favorable conditions for early chemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The forecast shows an 80% chance of favorable weather for launch, with some potential for clouds and high winds at ground level that could delay the mission.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The headline index, which represents the percentage of major manufacturing firms that said business conditions were favorable minus those that said conditions were unfavorable, rose to +17 from +16 in the prior quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

On each continent, animal and plant domestication was concentrated in a few especially favorable homelands accounting for only a small fraction of the continent’s total area.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond