favoring

verb

Definition of favoringnext
present participle of favor
1
as in appeasing
to do a service or favor for although she was at the party as a guest, the singer favored us with a song

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Relevance

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2
as in accepting
to have a favorable opinion of if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it

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3
as in preferring
to show partiality toward older moviegoers tend to favor films that have certain extras—like a plot and developed characters

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4
as in endowing
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute favored with good looks

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Recent Examples of favoring Rulings from a 2019 lawsuit favoring the department to stop the billboards’ construction have also been invoked by the Town of Southampton to halt a gas station and travel plaza on the same piece of land. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 The administration has argued that policies favoring certain racial groups over others violate federal anti-discrimination law. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The Strategic Vision The product revamp is ultimately aimed at favoring the opening of new avenues of distribution. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 More than 130 million voters were deleted during the revision but the Election Commission has denied favoring any party and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol. — Reuters, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 Southeast Michigan is heading into winter with strong odds favoring above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation, as shown in the latest official 90-day winter outlook from the National Weather Service. — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Just last week, the Justice Department asked the justices to stop a ruling favoring Democrats in a fight over TV advertising rates ahead of the midterms. — Sophie Brams, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026 While the country’s Bollywood machine continues apace, favoring melodramatic stories, this JioHotstar program has challenged its audience – and wider society, by extension – to really think about the nature of life in the country. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Entering a closed market Mainland China has kept a tight grip on its financial sector, favoring domestic players and restricting cross-border capital flows. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for favoring
  1. appeasing
  2. accepting
  3. preferring
  4. endowing
  5. delighting
  6. liking
  7. gifting
  8. obliging
Verb
  • The bill now also includes a compromise on stablecoin yield aimed at appeasing banking interests by directing the Treasury secretary to restrict rewards if deposit flight from community banks occurs on a substantial scale.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of appeasing
Verb
  • There are fewer excuses for accepting compromises than there used to be.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
  • An Eagle man charged with animal cruelty in the shooting deaths of two caged cats was ordered to serve a total of 14 days in jail after accepting a plea deal in August, according to court records.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepting
Verb
  • Aldi’s Benton’s Original Chocolate Sandwich Creme Cookies have become a frequent Oreo comparison, and a Simply Recipes blind taste test found noticeable differences between the two, with the reviewer ultimately preferring Oreos.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Operating within the confines of her old-school loom, Contro tends toward plain weaves and twills, preferring the look, feel, and drape of those simple structures.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of preferring
Verb
  • An essential state role, parallel to provisioning basic services like education and healthcare, is endowing a wide open aesthetic field of form and meaning and collective sensibility.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Gorgoni shot his images in the snow, endowing Shift with a stark graphic identity devoid of human occupancy.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of endowing
Verb
  • Irish comedian Joanne McNally was first on stage, delighting the packed house with the woes of being single and 40.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of delighting fans by paying loving homage to the movies or winning over newcomers with an exciting fresh take on the material, the show fails on both fronts, swinging wildly from one misbegotten idea to the next.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of delighting
Verb
  • There’s a difference between liking a certain look and actually identifying with it.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2026
  • There were penalties that hampered a couple drives and a few too many explosive plays surrendered on defense for a second consecutive week for Cristobal’s liking.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of liking
Verb
  • Designed for gifting, the treats are beautifully presented in elegant gift boxes inspired by Maxim’s red exterior and other Parisian motifs.
    — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The company said the seasonal collection is intended for holiday entertaining, gifting and everyday snacking.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of gifting
Verb
  • Recipe development can be a self-effacing task, obliging the writer to anticipate the appetites and routines of her imagined reader.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of obliging

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“Favoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favoring. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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