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
- favoredly adverb
- favoredness noun
- nonfavored adjective
- unfavored adjective
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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These products are the flash memory drives favored by data centers.
From Barron's
These products are the flash memory drives favored by data centers.
From Barron's
In 2025, even though value stocks appear to be making something of a comeback, it’s still been another year that investors have favored those companies with a growth orientation.
From MarketWatch
According to FBI sources who spoke to Salon, Andrew Bailey, who until recently was Missouri’s attorney general, is favored to take over the role of FBI director “probably around the first of the year.”
From Salon
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, who will be a voting member of the Fed’s interest-rate committee next year, said she favored a higher rate.
From MarketWatch
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