as in darlings
a person or thing that is preferred over others
the youngest child was always Mother's favorite
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Recent Examples of favorites
The Jayhawks entered as favorites and scored the game’s first seven points.
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Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
At this point in the year, there are a handful of players who have separated themselves as potential Heisman Trophy favorites.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Overall class ‘26 is lead by Canton favorites Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The Knicks are 2-0 to start the season and one of the favorites to win the Eastern Conference.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
The retro newbies will also assuredly be polarizing from old-time favorites.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Inside, there’s a selection of the Violette_FR products as well as Serrat’s favorites from Irene Forte, Ortigia, Westman Atelier, Lisa Eldridge, 111Skin, Grown Alchemist and Votary.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
This year’s Academy Museum Gala also welcomed a strong contingent of music stars and internet favorites, including Addison Rae, Charli XCX, Ed Sheeran, Hailey Bieber, Hilary Duff, Kendall Jenner, Jenna Ortega, Olivia Rodrigo, Role Model and Selena Gomez.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
Granted, the Patriots entered as touchdown favorites.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2025
At this point in the year, there are a handful of players who have separated themselves as potential Heisman Trophy favorites.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Overall class ‘26 is lead by Canton favorites Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The Knicks are 2-0 to start the season and one of the favorites to win the Eastern Conference.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
The retro newbies will also assuredly be polarizing from old-time favorites.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Inside, there’s a selection of the Violette_FR products as well as Serrat’s favorites from Irene Forte, Ortigia, Westman Atelier, Lisa Eldridge, 111Skin, Grown Alchemist and Votary.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
This year’s Academy Museum Gala also welcomed a strong contingent of music stars and internet favorites, including Addison Rae, Charli XCX, Ed Sheeran, Hailey Bieber, Hilary Duff, Kendall Jenner, Jenna Ortega, Olivia Rodrigo, Role Model and Selena Gomez.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
Granted, the Patriots entered as touchdown favorites.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for favorites
Noun
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And just like today, companies that didn’t yet turn a profit were some of the darlings of Wall Street.—
Christine Romans,
NBC news,
15 Oct. 2025
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According to HockeyStatCards, which combines data from Natural Stat Trick and Dom Luszczyszyn’s Game Score model, Sebrango and Nikolas Matinpalo were far from analytical darlings.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Many European governments, reflecting the preferences of their citizens, chose safety and security — in the form of a bigger welfare state and higher taxes — in exchange for less growth.—
Allison Schrager,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Same impressive quality, different styling opportunities to fit your needs and preferences this season.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Favorites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favorites. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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