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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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
The team’s new polymer layer resists mixing with electrolyte solvents, instead favoring decomposition of salt anions.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
Sleek rooms and suites are thoughtfully designed for efficiency and comfort, favoring clean lines and crisp linens.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
The silhouette will also be looser, favoring pear and balloon shapes that reflect the broader move toward wider fits.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
College matters again As white collar hiring slows and companies dismantle DEI mandates, corporate recruiters are once again relying on university credentials as a way to screen potential candidates, favoring elite institutions.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
Duwaji, 28, has continued to subvert expectations in her clothing choices as the incoming first lady, favoring understated, modern looks with creative-class sensibility.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
The redistricting targets five Republican representatives and would create more Democratic seats in California, thus neutralizing a Republican-favoring redistricting plan in Texas.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, the broader mule trend has stayed minimal — Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and others favoring thin straps and low, polished heels.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2025
All that talk about big money favoring the right.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for favoring
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Parents are questioning whether four years and six figures are worth it, especially as campuses are increasingly overtaken by chaos, radical activism, and administrators more concerned with appeasing ideological mobs than educating students.—
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And yet, beneath the veil of politeness, there was rhetoric from the US president that suggests his default position in negotiations is still to pressure Kyiv, while appeasing Moscow.—
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Marine officers also said accepting women would lead to greater risk, meaning more Marine combat casualties.—
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Hawke paid tribute to his late friend and recalled one of their very first moments together while accepting the Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Film Awards over the weekend.—
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No longer a complete unknown wrapped in the Bob Dylan mystique, Chalamet has energized a balky awards circuit whose stars and filmmakers years ago had retreated from the rigors of self-promotion, with some still preferring to avoid it.—
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The Ravens have resisted playing the game for so long, preferring to treat continuity as infrastructure rather than sentiment.—
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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.—
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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.—
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The legendary basketball squad, which was founded in 1926, has been delighting sports fans and families now for a full century.—
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Madigan's character, the elderly aunt of several of the students, became a cult favorite, both terrifying and delighting audiences.—
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Tucker, who cost the Cubs another promising young hitter, Cam Smith, plus infielder Isaac Paredes and right-hander Hayden Wesneski, almost certainly will be too expensive for the Cubs’ liking.—
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Her instincts were right, with Reese Witherspoon and more than 32,000 others liking her Instagram post, which shared a link to her essay.—
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Though the busiest gifting season of the year is now behind us, Palmer has a few go-to gift ideas that could also work well for upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, or Valentine’s Day.—
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Truth strengthens as the Sun merges with sympathetic Venus in your 3rd House of Correspondence, gifting your speech with empathy and precision.—
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After obliging, the rapper started to riff by adding some new insults.—
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Even in that short call, Paulson masterfully rides a roller coaster of emotion, from being starstruck over Crawford, bullied into skipping her big moment, to obliging her out of pity.—
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“Favoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favoring. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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