favourable
Britishadjective
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advantageous, encouraging, or promising
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giving consent
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But the speed and scale of Zheng'an's rise make it an example of the impact of China's industrial strategy when a combination of local and central government investment is deployed to maximise favourable local conditions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
But he remained hopeful as "we know from the past that this population has the capacity to recover when conditions are favourable".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"The wind is favourable and the current rainfall is helping to contain the spread" of the fire, said Hosmans.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“A close, favourable partnership requires both Apple and Nvidia to want it,” Schulze-Melander wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
But he was often talked at, while they were in progress, by reason of Mrs. Joe’s perceiving that he was not favourable to my being taken from the forge.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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