Helpful action undertaken with goodwill.
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Examples for "favor "
Examples for "favor "
1 The change in the wind was altogether in favor of the brigantine.
2 In fact, television irreversibly tipped the balance in favor of the visual.
3 The political contest ended in the autumn in favor of Mr. Pierce.
4 It was a speech in favor of compromise, in favor of conciliation.
5 Strong commodity markets and good valuations also favor Canada's resource-rich equity markets.
1 Scotland and Northern Ireland voted heavily in favour of staying in Europe.
2 United returned the favour the following year, overhauling a large Arsenal lead.
3 So consider the train within Europe and do the planet a favour .
4 Central bankers usually favour capital requirements for increasing safety at financial firms.
5 There are some measures in the Budget that favour young property seekers.
1 But some analysts question whether the AK Party really favors more democracy.
2 S&P favors the American Century Intermediate-Term Tax Free Bond Fund, he said.
3 In neighboring Philadelphia, police commissioner Richard Ross Jr. favors a different approach.
4 Pataki favors deploying ground troops against Islamic State in a limited way.
5 DeChambre's position within Interpol allowed him to work favors for these people.
6 Bushman, a professor at Missouri State University, said success favors the realistic.
7 President Barack Obama, who also favors criminal justice reform, welcomed the legislation.
8 He did a good job and accepted no favors from either side.
9 But these are not the best of times to ask for favors .
10 The horizontal position favors the retention of semen; the erect its expulsion.
11 The summer was splendid in its promise and prodigal in its favors .
12 It's a day that favors relationships rather than financial and business matters.
13 He also represents a different type of executive than Burke typically favors .
14 He was unwearied in acts of benevolence and in bestowal of favors .
15 Capital markets will become more circumspect and that favors stock-pickers, he said.
16 Washington State didn't do itself any favors early in the first half.
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About this term favor Verb
Indicative · Present · Third
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