appellees

plural of appellee

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for appellees
Noun
  • In May, recall petitioners submitted 10,500 valid signatures to qualify the initiative for Tuesday’s ballot.
    Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Wichita Falls City Council passed a rule allowing the moving of kids' books to the adults' section if at least 300 petitioners asked the library.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gaines and the other plaintiffs argued that the NCAA’s former policy of permitting trans athletes on a sport-by-sport basis violated Title IX, as well as the Equal Protection Clause and their right to bodily privacy.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • Mitchell did receive criticism from a pair of civil-rights attorneys who represent the plaintiffs in a brutality case that first brought OPD into longstanding federal oversight.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Appellees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appellees. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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