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Meanings of favoring in inglés

Affirmative.

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Examples for "affirmative"
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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 inglés
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
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Buffett has run Berkshire since 1965, favoring businesses with consistent earnings power.
Reuters
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The result was that he ended up neither favoring nor ignoring her.
The irresistible henry house
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He was favoring his left leg but returned a few minutes later.
Reuters
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The next decade could see a rebound in trading, however, favoring Schwartz.
Reuters
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And sometimes the couple would prolong the chase by favoring the girl.
The Life of Me: An Autobiography
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The shoe had a count of minus fifteen, highly favoring the house.
Secret of the seventh son
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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
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He has taken stances favoring coal, which suffered during the Obama administration.
Reuters
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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