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appealed

verb

past tense of appeal
as in cited

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Recent Examples of appealed It was appealed by Lifton and the PCFB and Blakeman’s ability to cure was frozen due to the appeal. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026 Louisiana appealed to our court and sought a stay pending appeal. — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 May 2026 But then federal prosecutors appealed a judge's decision granting him bond with electronic monitoring, and the judge agreed Friday to put it on hold while that appeal plays out. — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 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
  1. cited
  2. summoned
  3. accused
  4. arraigned
  5. criticized
  6. blamed
  7. booked
  8. faulted
Verb
  • Quizzed on the biggest challenge on a production standpoint, Kim cited the building of the Cube, an elevator-like set.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The day after the fatal crash, FMCSA records show, Next Level Express was cited for three documentation and registration violations.
    — John Kelly, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of cited
Verb
  • Suspicions quickly turned to Lizzie as the murderer, even though police were summoned almost immediately and Lizzie showed no signs of blood spatter, on either her clothing or hair.
    — Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Philadelphia interim manager Don Mattingly summoned Jonathan Bowlan, and Lile hammered his first pitch to center for his first career pinch homer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of summoned
Verb
  • Unable to picture evil as anything other than devilish, critics accused Arendt of excusing the perpetrators and blaming the victims.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Human rights groups and United Nations officials have accused the Syrian government of widespread abuses in its detention facilities, including torture and arbitrary detention of thousands of people, in many cases without informing their families.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of accused
Verb
  • In February 2023, she was arraigned via video while still in police custody in a hospital bed.
    — Selena Barrientos, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Dawn Light, 56, was arraigned on an intimidation charge Wednesday at the same courthouse in Plymouth, south of Boston.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of arraigned
Verb
  • Vance also criticized border policy under former President Joe Biden while praising deportations.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The report was heavily criticized for failing to assign blame or identify specific evacuation failures, but officials have said that wasn’t the goal of the McChrystal Group review.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of criticized
Verb
  • Trump has opposed mail voting and blamed fraud associated with mail voting for his 2020 election loss.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And despite this finding, which has coexisted for decades, Congress rarely acts, something usually blamed on lobbying outspending a diffuse majority.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of blamed
Verb
  • For groups of six to 10, the library offers a private dining space that can be booked ahead.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Quast was subsequently arrested and booked into the Wright County jail on a gross misdemeanor theft charge, according to TMZ.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of booked
Verb
  • In non-district play, squads aren’t faulted for facing extraordinarily tough competition like Allen, a state title contender.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Gauff double-faulted six times, including twice in a row in one game.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of faulted

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“Appealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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