favourable
Britishadjective
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advantageous, encouraging, or promising
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giving consent
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Favourable margins in the dairy co-operative's protein portfolio during the half year offset lockdown-driven weakness in demand from China.
From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023
Favourable readings were evident in Europe too with banks, historically laggards, posting impressive results.
From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2021
Favourable weather conditions also allowed crews to burn off more of the oil where it is most heavily concentrated.
From BBC • May 7, 2010
Index: B Favourable to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 230-231.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Favourable winds and strong gales bore them rapidly across the sea.
From Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas by Leacock, Stephen
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