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favored

adjective

fa·​vored ˈfā-vərd How to pronounce favored (audio)
1
: having an appearance or features of a particular kind
hard-favored
2
: endowed with special advantages or gifts
3
: providing preferential treatment
favored rates of credit

Example Sentences

She enjoys a favored position in the company. The team is heavily favored to win the championship.
Recent Examples on the Web Earlier Friday, the Fed’s favored way to measure inflation—the personal consumption expenditure price index, or PCE—showed that core prices rose 0.1% month over month in July. Matt Grossman, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 In an Instagram post from July 18, the model posed in a stunning corset dress in Lady Whistledown’s favored season 2 color: green. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 July 2022 The favored candidate is Prime Minister Mario Draghi, one of the European Union’s most respected managers, who, as former head of the European Central Bank, holds one of the highest approval ratings in the developed world. Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2021 No great surprise, then, that Gmail is also a favored target of malicious actors. Davey Winder, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Duke’s favored path also includes building onshore wind and adding about 50 percent more solar energy by 2035. Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Princess Diana, in particular, favored sailor collars -- wearing one during a trip to visit the Royal Naval College in 1989. CNN, 7 July 2022 Georgia Right, which backed Mr. Trump’s favored and failed governor-primary candidate, David Perdue. New York Times, 29 May 2022 The other half consists in dispensing privileges to favored groups. Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 10 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of favored was in the 15th century

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