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verb

past tense of favor
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Recent Examples of favored
Adjective
Whether fans support a favored team or an underdog, most issues come down to economics. Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 The Horizon In case there is any doubt, political consumerism is on the rise and boycotts seem to be the favored means of expressing it. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 The book’s heroes, a quartet of lifelong friends from King’s favored town of Derry, contend with the alien invaders in the woods of Maine amid an overwhelming blizzard, which gives the story its suitably chilling backdrop. Calum Marsh, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 And, if the Eagles decide to pass in such situations, crowded boxes, if matched with man coverage, are prime targets for Philadelphia’s favored mesh routes. Ben Standig, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for favored
Recent Examples of Synonyms for favored
Adjective
  • The selected poet will get the opportunity to perform their work for 15 minutes in front of festival-goers at the event, held at the University of Southern California campus on Saturday, April 26 or Sunday, April 27.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The selected artist will have the opportunity to create a special photography project to be published in the print edition of Vogue Ukraine in 2025.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Willard obliged, giving the soon-to-be NBA draft pick the team’s final shot.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Whether the head coach truly obliged Fudd’s request remains a point of contention.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Does that mean Kidd has accepted the Mavericks are the Red Sox in that scenario?
    Sam Settleman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The eight-page complaint alleges that Crocket’s campaign accepted a total of $610 from 56 separate transactions in 2023 and 2024 from a 73-year-old retiree who was allegedly unaware of the donations.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Queen spoke with the young students and gifted them a selection of books before posing for an official photo with school teachers and administrators.
    Alina Trabattoni, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Nearly every team, including the Rangers, gifted Rosen a jersey signed by every player.
    Arthur Staple, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet a sketch in last night’s season finale of Saturday Night Live—which revolved around two couples at a bar boisterously fighting for a preferred table as two men watched nearby, whiskies in hand—raised the stakes of voyeurism in fascinating ways.
    Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 18 May 2025
  • Research could be done via federal entities, universities, startups, private or public companies, but there will obviously be an immense shortfall in these efforts without the government (maybe the optimistic view is that corporate America becomes the preferred partner for this administration.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Large animals are being accommodated at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • However, after more than two seasons, Adams asked to be traded last September, and the Raiders eventually accommodated his request.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For decades, the leaders of both parties had tolerated mind-boggling levels of corruption, waste, and administrative bloat, enabling a culture of profligacy that subsidized the federal bureaucracy and crony capitalists at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers.
    Michael Glassner and John Pence, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Performative efforts from businesses will no longer be tolerated and walking the talk will become non-negotiable.
    Paul Klein, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Polsky previously endowed the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and sits on the university’s board.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Roughly the size of Western Europe, the war-riven country is endowed with vast mineral wealth, including the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and coltan – both critical to the production of electronics.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Favored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favored. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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