How to Use favored in a Sentence

favored

adjective
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  • The team is heavily favored to win the championship.
  • She enjoys a favored position in the company.
  • The most favored nations approach isn’t the way to do it.
    — Ted Okon, STAT, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The surf will be in the 2-foot to 3-foot range at favored spots on Monday and Tuesday.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2019
  • No one will be able to pump the movers and shakers at a favored haunt, the Triple George Grill, quite the way the old pro did it.
    — James Rainey and Brittny Mejia, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • This is the favored conclusion of some of the authors of the paper.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 8 July 2021
  • Of course, a win for the favored Jayhawks Saturday would cut the lead to two games.
    — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Many more workers and queens ended up in the favored soil arm.
    — Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Few foods are more favored among men than pizza and ice cream.
    — Heath Owens, Men's Health, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The answer is not to cheat and bend the district lines to produce a favored outcome.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, lagers—by far the favored type of beer in the non-craft world—are mainly turned out by megabrewers.
    — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Species of oak seem a favored target, but the cicada is not picky.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • You are blessed and highly favored, and August will remind you of this!
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
  • China bulls want to believe that the worst is over or that their favored tech stock has its own rosy story to tell.
    — Tim Culpan | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2019
  • Eve races have established themselves as a favored prelude to the feast to come.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2021
  • As a two-seed, Alabama is the favored team in this matchup, but those numbers on the bracket don’t mean much at this stage in the Big Dance.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Both sides insist a deal is still their favored outcome.
    — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2020
  • But even those flights have been reduced, making the adult bears' favored food supply shaky.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 May 2020
  • The Jewish members were the likeliest to take the lead on a favored issue in Congress.
    — Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Drive-by shootings are a favored method of killing in Durban, a port city of 3.7 million people.
    — Sam Mkokeli, Bloomberg.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Tesla has long been a favored target of investors who aim to profit from declines in the price of stocks.
    — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The favored fish on Fridays is catfish, served with hush puppies.
    — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2018
  • In Trump's favored narrative of how elections are won and lost, the candidate who holds the most events with the biggest crowds wins.
    — NBC news, 20 Oct. 2020
  • In Trump’s favored narrative of how elections are won and lost, the candidate who holds the most events with the biggest crowds wins.
    — NBC News, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Rockford coach Brad Wilson likes his team’s chances against the favored Lakers, compared to last year.
    — Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Utah is most likely in the CFP if the favored teams win their conference championship games.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 5 Dec. 2019
  • But this Tuesday, one of Staley’s favored strategies — the face-to-face meeting — will at last be available once more.
    — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 30 May 2021
  • In short, the Lost and Found booth at theaters will become a favored destination.
    — Marie Claire, 28 Jan. 2010
  • Pretty soon, the King’s favored lover (Laurie Davidson) catches on and puts obstacles in George’s path.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 June 2024
  • One reason oak is a favored wood for growing shiitakes is that its bark persists for a long time, which helps reduce the invasion of other fungi.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2024

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