out of favor
Example Sentences
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Bonds have largely fallen out of favor with servicemembers because they haven’t performed nearly as well as stocks in recent years.
One of the challenges Ackman acknowledges is the need to generate enthusiasm for Pershing Square USA’s closed-end structure, which has fallen out of favor with investors.
The project has in recent years fallen in and out of favor with planners after U.S. officials declared it as not viable.
From Seattle Times
In the rural areas where the custom tends to be more common, it has also fallen out of favor among poor farmers who must save several years of income or go into debt to get married.
From New York Times
Siblings fell in and out of favor as they tried to curry respect, or just fatherly attention.
From New York Times
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