appealed

Definition of appealednext
past tense of appeal

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of appealed Gilbert appealed Wilson’s ruling; however, in December 2024, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down Gilbert’s appeal, per Courthouse News Service. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025 The White House appealed to the Supreme Court, and now the high court has agreed to examine the appeal. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appealed
Verb
  • The crowd of about 50 people also began to devise a plan that would address public health in the absence of the hospital, which was abruptly shuttered last month after hospital ownership cited financial distress.
    Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • West did apologize to various religious leaders for his past remarks, and in a January interview with Vanity Fair, cited years of mental health challenges as a source of his behavior.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Olsson, for the first time in her career, was being summoned.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The Italian government formally protested the incident to Israeli authorities and summoned Israel's ambassador to Rome for clarification.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Although the father wasn't told of the outcome, the older child accused of the abuse was removed from that foster program, according to the lawsuit.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The father, whom Seth does not know, accused him of taking pics of his teenager.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Everett County Sheriff's Office Randle was arraigned on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder, KIRO reported.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Davidson was held on a $250,000 bond and was expected to be arraigned on Monday in Stamford Superior Court.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Benjamin Rush, a Founding Father and a physician, criticized the medical establishment for being closed-minded about treatments recommended by non-physicians.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Glendon Hall, who leads the Miami Beach Black Affairs Advisory Committee, criticized the police at the time.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • State Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch blamed senate Republicans for failing to pass higher raises for teachers.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Ackman blamed its poor share price performance partly on the delay of UMG’s listing in the United States.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Police said that the juvenile, an Oxnard resident, was booked into Juvenile Hall for a felony.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The suspect was taken to a hospital for medical clearance before being booked into the South Placer Jail.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The safety board faulted Atmos for not doing more to identify threats posed by expansive soils, noting regulators had been warning about the issue since 2008 and that the NTSB identified expansive soils as a factor in a 2018 Atmos explosion in Dallas that killed one and injured four.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • At the time, many critics faulted its confusing plot.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Appealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealed. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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