How to Use come out in favor of in a Sentence

come out in favor of

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  • But what if the soon-to-be head of state had come out in favor of the scheme?
    Holly Thomas, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Many major medical groups have come out in favor of vaccine mandates for health care workers.
    Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2021
  • As his party veered further to the right, Powell started to come out in favor of Democrats.
    Julian Zelizer, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • But so far, the business community hasn’t come out in favor of the mayor or his opponent.
    Joshua Fechter, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2021
  • Even if the lawsuits come out in favor of Watson, the NFL still has to come down hard.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • Twice in the last century, the Supreme Court has come out in favor of academic freedom.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 June 2021
  • Rick Scott had come out in favor of expansion, as long as the federal government was covering the costs.
    Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2021
  • For the first time, a major presidential candidate had come out in favor of gun confiscation.
    Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The former vice president has come out in favor of barring police chokeholds and establishing a use-of-force standard.
    Bo Erickson, CBS News, 8 June 2020
  • Rob Portman is one of the three Senate Republicans who has come out in favor of the proposal.
    Laura Hancock, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Board members, most of whom are Republicans and work in health care, had discussed face coverings at previous meetings but did not come out in favor of a mandate.
    Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • When certain prominent ministers come out in favor of a candidate, Ward said, the public begins to take notice of that candidate.
    Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • As a head coach and play caller, the Browns’ Kevin Stefanski is never going to come out in favor of inexperience.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Britt is not the only Republican Senate candidate to come out in favor of stricter immigration policies.
    Jack Wolfsohn, National Review, 22 June 2022
  • Leaders of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama have come out in favor of the change, which could happen by the end of the month.
    Amy Yurkanin | , al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Liberal activists have urged the president to come out in favor of eliminating the filibuster to pass the bill, arguing that doing so would put pressure on Democratic lawmakers to support the effort.
    Sabrina Siddiqui, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The American Academy of Sleep Medicine just came out with a support on permanent standard time, and there are a lot of different groups that have come out in favor of permanent standard time from the health standpoint.
    Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2020

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