as in favorite
a person or thing that is preferred over others
chocolate ice cream is my absolute fave
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Leave your faves in the comments for potential follow-up diaries next year!
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R29 Team, refinery29.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Emmy faves Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn co-star, alongside a cavalcade of cameo-ing celebs (Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, and Anthony Mackie all show up to hurl insults at Rogen’s character in the trailer).
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
Other indie-venue faves include Silver Lake’s Akbar and Lyric Hyperion, Eagle Rock’s the Fable, Echo Park’s Bar Bandini, Atwater Village’s Club Tee Gee, West Hollywood’s Bar Lubitsch, Koreatown’s R Bar, Highland Park’s the Offbeat bar and Westlake’s Dynasty Typewriter.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
The menu leaned on Southern faves like a gooey mac and cheese and shrimp and grits to go with your standard burgers and wings.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
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R29 Team, refinery29.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Emmy faves Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn co-star, alongside a cavalcade of cameo-ing celebs (Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, and Anthony Mackie all show up to hurl insults at Rogen’s character in the trailer).
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
Other indie-venue faves include Silver Lake’s Akbar and Lyric Hyperion, Eagle Rock’s the Fable, Echo Park’s Bar Bandini, Atwater Village’s Club Tee Gee, West Hollywood’s Bar Lubitsch, Koreatown’s R Bar, Highland Park’s the Offbeat bar and Westlake’s Dynasty Typewriter.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
The menu leaned on Southern faves like a gooey mac and cheese and shrimp and grits to go with your standard burgers and wings.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Fave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fave. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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