appealed

past tense of appeal

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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
  • Solomon, speaking from the sidelines of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit in Washington, cited the disruption caused by the invention in the late 1700s of the steam engine, which helped fuel the first industrial revolution.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The governor’s office cited reports from Chicago’s Northwest Side, where federal agents had allegedly deployed tear gas during a children’s parade.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega was summoned from the bench in the first half of San Diego FC’s playoff game against the Portland Timbers last week and, for about 70 minutes, looked to be leading the team to its biggest win yet.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • After Itsaragrisil eventually summoned security to escort Bosch out of the auditorium, other pageant hopefuls stood up to follow suit, as seen in the livestream feed.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The pageant director accused Bosch of skipping promotional activities, including a photoshoot that all contestants were expected to share on social media.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Bovo’s administration accused him of lying to the media.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • She is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Sacramento Superior Court, according to jail records.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • She will be arraigned next week.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Commanders head coach Dan Quinn was criticized on social media for keeping Daniels in the game with the score already insurmountable.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Michigan chapter of the Council on American–Islamic Relations criticized the FBI’s lack of transparency in the days after the arrests.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • At first, Westergaard blamed the breach on an employee who had accidentally left them open and walked off the job.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Bobbitt should have come forward to the board about the error then, Crile said, since it could have been blamed for the error.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • According to court documents, the Marathon County Sheriff's Office notifies ICE of every person booked into the jail who was not born in the United States, and asks if the agency wants a detainer.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Sony Pictures Classics and Walden Media’s WWII drama Nuremberg, booked at 1,700 theaters this weekend, started off with $210K last night in previews.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Others faulted strategic missteps.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Spanberger denounced the messages though Earle-Sears faulted her for not calling on Jones to drop out of the race.
    Margaret Barthel, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Appealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealed. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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