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Meanings of favoring in English

Affirmative.

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Examples for "affirmative"
1
The University of California ended affirmative action last year, with dramatic consequences.
The new yorker
2
The following are the names of those who voted in the affirmative:
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
3
We did not hear back an affirmative response from them, he said.
Reuters
4
He let his silence answer in the affirmative; he felt relieved now.
A Man and His Money
5
The motion for taking up the report was carried in the affirmative.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 / Commander in Chief of th...
Usage of favoring in English
1
One of the cases favoring student speech concerned a senior honors student.
Wired
2
Polls showed a majority favoring the initiative until days before the election.
Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
3
Their movements stiff, efficient in every way, favoring conservation over natural motion.
Sea of Rust
4
Buffett has run Berkshire since 1965, favoring businesses with consistent earnings power.
Reuters
5
The result was that he ended up neither favoring nor ignoring her.
The irresistible henry house
6
He was favoring his left leg but returned a few minutes later.
Reuters
7
The next decade could see a rebound in trading, however, favoring Schwartz.
Reuters
8
And sometimes the couple would prolong the chase by favoring the girl.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
9
The shoe had a count of minus fifteen, highly favoring the house.
Secret of the seventh son
10
The measure would impose a tax on imports while favoring domestic production.
Reuters
11
Calm seas are increasingly favoring departures as warm spring weather sets in.
Reuters
12
He has taken stances favoring coal, which suffered during the Obama administration.
Reuters
13
Obama has been on record favoring the redistribution of wealth for years.
The post-american presidency: the obama administration's war on ...
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The Colorado rookie left the game favoring his left leg but returned.
Reuters
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In the New World, circumstances favoring, the stream became a tidal river.
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
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On the way up she noticed that Jake was favoring one foot.
Lonesome dove
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common