1
as in appeasing
to do a service or favor for
although she was at the party as a guest, the singer favored us with a song
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2
as in accepting
to have a favorable opinion of
if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it
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3
as in preferring
to show partiality toward
older moviegoers tend to favor films that have certain extras—like a plot and developed characters
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4
as in endowing
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
favored with good looks
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Recent Examples of favoring
Poway voters are favoring the recall of City Councilmember Tony Blain in early returns Tuesday night.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
California redistricting Proposition 50 would replace California's current congressional lines with a map favoring Democrats.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Rollins broke the fall with his arm and immediately began favoring it upon landing.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
After years of favoring its own direct-to-consumer channel and ignoring its key retail partners, Hill has reengaged with companies like Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot Locker.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
These clients increasingly point out that their teams value not just the office environment but the environment around it, Musvydaitė-Vilčiauskė says, favoring cities like Vilnius, which is also rapidly expanding its cycle path infrastructure.
—Anna Heim, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Over the last generation, Democrats have pushed to expand the electorate (passing, for example, the Motor Voter law in 1994, mandating that voter registration materials be accessible in a variety of government offices, as well as favoring laws expanding early voting).
—Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The bill boosted Pentagon spending and allowed expiring income tax rates that Democrats see as favoring the wealthy to continue.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
California redistricting Proposition 50 would replace California's current congressional lines with a map favoring Democrats.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Rollins broke the fall with his arm and immediately began favoring it upon landing.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
After years of favoring its own direct-to-consumer channel and ignoring its key retail partners, Hill has reengaged with companies like Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot Locker.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
These clients increasingly point out that their teams value not just the office environment but the environment around it, Musvydaitė-Vilčiauskė says, favoring cities like Vilnius, which is also rapidly expanding its cycle path infrastructure.
—Anna Heim, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Over the last generation, Democrats have pushed to expand the electorate (passing, for example, the Motor Voter law in 1994, mandating that voter registration materials be accessible in a variety of government offices, as well as favoring laws expanding early voting).
—Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The bill boosted Pentagon spending and allowed expiring income tax rates that Democrats see as favoring the wealthy to continue.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for favoring
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Nevertheless, Ed still idolized Augusta and would grow to become obsessed with appeasing her, according to Biography.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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So far, efforts at appeasing the MAGA outrage machine have only backfired.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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Once, there were two sweet kids who came of age in the evangelical purity culture of the 1990’s, a world in which being LGBTQ+ or accepting anyone who was gay was seen as a sin that could send you straight to hell.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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In 1998, the nonprofit started accepting its first residential patients at 17th and Charlotte.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
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Tight ends fiercely preserve their own history and the nuances of their position, preferring peer-to-peer coaching to more traditional coach/player dynamics.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Their anger boils down to preferring that shareholders follow the lead of boards of directors and other corporate managers rather than the analysis of independent third parties.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the past, people would even be buried under the khata porch, endowing the doorway with an important spiritual and ritual significance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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With just 24 hours before a party, 31-year-old Maïlys Lecaillier from Pas-de-Calais transformed everyday items into a hilariously lifelike ostrich costume that’s now delighting TikTok.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Gen Alpha’s latest viral catchphrase is baffling adults and delighting kids across the country.—
Kimberly Richardson,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Before long, strangers are watching, liking, and commenting on a moment that was meant to be private.—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Saints’ other wideout of interest, Chris Olave, would likely cost too high a draft pick for the Patriots’ liking.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to NielsenIQ’s Holiday Sentiment Survey, bath and body products track just behind fragrance as a top gifting category, with 69 percent of consumers citing those as a go-to gift.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Gift with Taste 672 elevates gifting with flexible deliveries of Napa’s most exceptional reds, handpicked by Robb Report editors.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Vance and his family reportedly stayed in a lavish Georgian manor owned by a light-bulb magnate, obliging me to ask whose bright idea that was.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Favoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favoring. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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