1
as in plea
an earnest request
made an appeal to the public to donate desperately needed blood
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2
as in attractiveness
the power of irresistible attraction
that hot new actress has a certain indescribable appeal
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as in to book
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Recent Examples of appeal
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
How to Get There Anegada's set-apart location is all part of its appeal.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Schmidt says the goal is to appeal to a wider audience.
—Jamal Goss, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
According to Hartford Police Union president James Rutkauski, the second step of the grievance was done Monday as an appeal to Hartford Police Chief James Rovella for resolution.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
How to Get There Anegada's set-apart location is all part of its appeal.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
The town has already pledged to appeal the ruling.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Schmidt says the goal is to appeal to a wider audience.
—Jamal Goss, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for appeal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appeal
Noun
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His lawyers did not enter pleas to the charges or apply for his release on bail.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The no contest plea came the same day a jury trial was set to begin, according to prosecutors.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some of the reasons for the billionaires’ departure is the attractiveness of Florida’s low taxes as well as its nice weather.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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These factors include the high price of gold before the war, the relative attractiveness of other low-risk assets and a mixed record of living up to its safe-haven status.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Guests are booking a room for this property’s remote draw, so there is likely a limit to what can be retrieved from the capital city and delivered quickly.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Festival organizers have not yet commented on booking West or losing Pepsi.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Such rhetoric echoes in official statements as well — in prayers for destruction, in invocations of divine sanction for war and in casual references to catastrophic violence.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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For the birth of WolfVoice's youngest daughter a few years ago, Pipe brought cedar oil, a sacred plant used for prayer, and calmed WolfVoice through her contractions.—
Katheryn Houghton,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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We’re not used to seeing this sort of voice set free in New Orleans, and that fact is part of Lemann’s considerable charms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Downtown Landrum has plenty of small-town charm.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2020, a federal judge dismissed a petition from Howard County for the FAA to change some flight paths at the airport due to noise pollution.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Brands are used to reports and likely just as numb to petitions.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That might be part of it—the fascination with something that’s becoming a little bit true in mainstream culture.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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My fascination with the difference between being a mentor and a father was, to a certain degree, my displacement of this question about responsibility to kids and responsibility to art.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That requirement stemmed from Nixon's attempt to destroy the White House tapes that incriminated him in the cover-up of the Watergate burglary.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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Bundy was arrested for the first time in connection with the disappearances August 1975, when police pulled him over and found incriminating items including rope, handcuffs and a ski mask, in his vehicle.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Appeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appeal. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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