favored
Americanadjective
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regarded or treated with preference or partiality.
Her beauty made her the favored child.
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enjoying special advantages; privileged.
to be born into the favored classes.
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of specified appearance (usually used in combination).
ill-favored.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of favored
First recorded in 1350–1400, favored is from the Middle English word favo(u)red. See favor, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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The strategists upgrade mining to a favored sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Rather than mixing chondrules and icy dust evenly, the young Solar System strongly favored chondrules in some of its earliest planetesimals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Chargers are favored by nearly a touchdown but it feels like this division will be closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Not that the easily impressed senators, eager to exculpate a favored man, took note of the irony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The trick was finding them before others did—finding, for example, that both Moody’s and S&P favored floating-rate mortgages with low teaser rates over fixed-rate ones.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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