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the state of enjoying widespread approval after that rock band fell out of favor—almost overnight—the stores couldn't give their CDs away

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Recent Examples of favor
Noun
All of those things actually worked in our favor. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 For homebuyers finally seeing the market shifting in their favor in many parts of the country, this could mean losing their advantage over sellers once again. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
In other words, ChatGPT favors Standard American English, which can frustrate non-American users. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 The survey of 600 likely GOP primary voters, shared first with Semafor, found 37% favor Cameron; 29% favor Barr; and 8% favor businessman Nate Morris. Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for favor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for favor
Noun
  • Her kindness extended to her coworkers at Walmart.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The pair are remembered by the company for their kindness, generosity and support for local organizations such as the Ehloe Hospital, the Chico Police Business Support Team and Chico’s Elk Lodge.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Every caregiver deserves respect and freedom from judgment.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Balancing Authenticity And Messaging Discipline At FDH Aero, our values—service first, respect, amplification, open-mindedness and accountability—aren’t just wall art.
    Heather Rosenow, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, Xiaopeng has noted that while the G7 already delivers the intelligence and processing required for L3 operation, it will only be considered a true Level 3 car once hardware redundancy is fully implemented and the vehicle receives the necessary regulatory approvals.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Their approval to compete this September generated significant uproar, with many alleging Angelina Melnikova’s participation, in particular, violates FIG rules.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In that vacuum, Republicans have often ascribed political bias as the motivation without providing concrete evidence to back it up, said Stevenson, the debanking expert.
    Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The state alleges Alam intentionally selected the church primarily because of his bias or prejudice against the state of Israel or the Jewish faith.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hummers will take advantage of most nectar that’s offered, but when the food and ambiance (clean feeders and no predators) are to their liking, word does get around.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • It’s established right away that Ziva and Tony are friendly but romantically estranged co-parents who’ve found Europe to their mutual liking, but the exact nature of how their relationship changed over the last few years reveals itself in copious flashbacks.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But Wu enjoys wide popularity in Boston and appears to be in a strong position to win reelection in November.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That tragedy gave way to discord within the UTM and the exit of key leaders, as well as a dent to the party’s popularity.
    Charles Pensulo, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Spin-Off and Beyond Holliday’s popularity was so immense (and to potentially appease Linda Lavin), CBS gave her a spinoff, Flo, which ran for two seasons (1980–81) and earned her another Golden Globe nomination.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What we’ve been taught to call intimacy—caretaking, appeasing, overfunctioning—is just codependency.
    Vanessa Bennett, SELF, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nikki also shared a few candid sentiments upon accepting her award.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Over the last month, three House Democrats have sworn off contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after accepting them in prior election cycles.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Favor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favor. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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