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out of favor

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out of favor

(American spelling) Alternative form of out of favour.

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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. Robert Frost

The importance of Liking Yourself is a notion that fell heavily out of favor during the coptic, anti-ego frenzy of the Acid Era--but nobody guessed back then that the experiment might churn up this kind of hangover: a whole subculture of frightened illiterates with no faith in anything. Hunter S. Thompson

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics. Ron Chernow

I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot. Rick Santorum

Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor. Irwin Redlener

Although that freedom is falling out of favor in some circles, we need to do whatever we can to prevent it from becoming a second tier constitutional right. Source: Internet

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