How to Use favorable in a Sentence

favorable

adjective
Definition of favorablenext
Synonyms for favorablenext
  • The new play got many favorable reviews.
  • Early test results were favorable.
  • He was given a favorable recommendation.
  • The Bears have a favorable schedule over the next month or so.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the youngest Democrats, ages 18 through 34, were less favorable on both marks.
    — Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • On March 20, the grand jury heard from a witness favorable to Trump.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Areas south of that warm front will be in an area more favorable for severe storms.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Jan. 2023
  • This allows LLCs to choose the tax treatment that is most favorable for their business.
    — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The largest drop occurred in the share of Republicans who have a strongly favorable opinion of him, which went from 54% to 43% over the last three months, the poll found.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • The best strategy is to spray a fungicide as soon as the conditions are favorable for the diseases.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Agreements reached near the 8th promise to be favorable in every way.
    — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Spring is the prime time to climb Everest, although some mountaineers might climb in the less favorable autumn season.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • Ours is very favorable and gives us resiliency in many ways.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024
  • We have been told the search for their bodies may resume in the spring once weather conditions are favorable.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Snow will be hard to come by, even in the highest elevations, despite what could be a favorable storm track.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • None of which received the same favorable attention as Wyland's whales.
    — Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Biden’s State of the Union speech in March recognizes this shift in the issue landscape to terrain more favorable for the president.
    — Clifford Young, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The weather at the launch site is only 40 percent favorable, so the Crew-8 mission could move to another day.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The future for a larger child credit is more favorable.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There is no favorable draw, which is why the No. 7 seed is so critical, to get as many as two homecourt chances to advance to the best-of-seven first round.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The poll showed that 43% of U.S. adults have a favorable opinion of her, while 48% have an unfavorable opinion.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 July 2024
  • In the short term, there are some signs of exhaustion that support a retest of the breakout point near $29.60, which would provide a more favorable entry point.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
  • It was given a favorable report in committee Wednesday and will head to the Senate floor for a vote.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The idea is that humans can help trees keep up with climate change by moving them to more favorable ecosystems faster than the trees could migrate on their own.
    — Nathan Gilles, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Conditions were favorable during the teams' practice day with a light wind blowing out to left.
    — Eric Olson, ajc, 15 June 2023
  • Conditions should be even more favorable five weeks from now when the sun sets earlier.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • Agreements can be reached on the 7th and 8th that turn out to be quite favorable for you, and with lovely Venus rising to the top of your solar chart on the 11th, some kind of victory seems to be at hand.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The odds are much more favorable for Friday, slated at about 60% to 70%, bringing heavier rainfall due to that increase in moisture from the south.
    — The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Lake Erie marine forecast Conditions on the lake look to be favorable for boaters throughout the weekend.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This period between peak and off-peak travel gives travelers the advantages of smaller crowds, lower flight and hotel costs, and favorable weather.
    — Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2024

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