as in plea
an earnest request
a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations
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as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship
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Recent Examples of petition
Christine Pelisek, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Tuesday’s unveiling of the new charges against Pearce and Osborn comes one day before the deadline for a recall petition against Gascón.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
Residents from East Palestine assembled to petition Governor DeWine to issue an emergency declaration.
—Misti Allison, TIME, 1 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for petition
Noun
In May 2023, attorneys for the brothers filed a petition with the Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing new evidence in the case.
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The master cryptographer secured a meeting with the director of the Military Intelligence Corps and successfully petitioned to have the agency rolled into a permanent peacetime entity funded by the State Department and the War Department.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for petition
Noun
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The judge had been expected to rule on that on Tuesday before Bannon’s plea deal made the request moot.—
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Steve Bannon has discussed with New York state prosecutors a potential plea deal in its criminal case charging the longtime ally of President Donald Trump with defrauding donors to a southern border wall, according to media reports.—
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The hauntingly familiar sight of a crash like this once again begs questions about the safety of these next-gen cars.—
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Some ship only overnight and beg you to eat their bonbons within a few days of receipt.—
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In a 2023 documentary celebrating the boot’s 50th anniversary, the New York rapper Rakim explained its appeal.—
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Trump already has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court in a dispute over whether the president can fire the head of an independent agency.—
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The 55-year-old’s ailment similarly impacted a Saturday show scheduled for the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn. Jodeci member Mr. Dalvin took to social media, asking followers to keep K-Ci in their prayers and promising the group would be back as soon as possible.—
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At the convent, in place of noise and action there is what the nuns call prayer, and the narrator simply calls thinking.—
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“Petition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petition. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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