in favor with

1. Held in friendly regard by, as in She's really in favor with the press. This idiom uses favor in the sense of “approval.” The same is true of the antonym, out of favor with, as in He was out of favor with the board. [Early 1500s] Also see in favor of.

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the cul de sac, a street design much in favor with the architects of suburban developments, have become artificial catchments for these highly flammable weeds.

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Nispel acknowledged that AT&T shares already essentially doubled from August 2023 to September 2025, and the wireless sector isn’t quite in favor with investors the same way it was in recent years.

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“I was an OK student in high school and didn’t appear in school plays. The drama teachers were a couple hanging on to memories. You were either in favor with them or out, and I was out,” he shared.

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Evercore strategists identified cheap stocks in the US market that are also in favor with investors, including FedEx and Delta Air Lines.

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The stocks Evercore identified are in the first and second quintiles of the bank’s statistical sentiment score, meaning that they’ve been in favor with investors.

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