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Future appeals will be considered on all applicable information instead of only the issues raised by the appellant, a change intended to give the council more discretion and save staff time.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
The hotel intends to appeal or otherwise challenge the decision, appellant lawyer Wendy Lascher told the Los Angeles Times.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Other appellants include Paige Brown and C. Scott of the Department of Labor, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Ronisca Chambers.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025
Running Scared Another prominent and seemingly novel theme in Coca-Cola’s appellant brief is its allegation that the IRS selectively targeted supply points that had no recourse to mutual agreement procedures under a treaty.
—Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
The hotel intends to appeal or otherwise challenge the decision, appellant lawyer Wendy Lascher told the Los Angeles Times.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Other appellants include Paige Brown and C. Scott of the Department of Labor, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Ronisca Chambers.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025
Running Scared Another prominent and seemingly novel theme in Coca-Cola’s appellant brief is its allegation that the IRS selectively targeted supply points that had no recourse to mutual agreement procedures under a treaty.
—Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appellant
petitioner
Noun
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The trial court merely instructed counsel not to manage petitioner’s testimony during that break.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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The petitioners filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in April.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Appellant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appellant. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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