favored

Example Sentences

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It meant hiring researchers who had different personalities and favored a range of experimental angles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Time will tell if the Halos have enough talent to contend in a division the Seattle Mariners are heavily favored to win.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Ecolab, forecast for 8% sales growth and a half percentage point gross margin increase, is a favored materials stock.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

I was talking to him one day about the cost of attending the Pennsylvania state colleges favored by many Truman students, which run about $12,000 a year.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove