INTERCESSIONS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

intercessions

noun

plural of intercession

as in petitions

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Noun

That extension, coupled with Kalshiâ€™s rehearing petitions, has led the gaming industry to believe the company lacks confidence in its case.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Volunteers are taking petitions to popular local spots like Target, Walmart, Harris Teeter, churches, businesses and other area YMCAs to gather widespread support.

— Chase Jordan October 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of petitions

Noun

Thank you all for your outpouring of love, well wishes, and healing prayers.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
The cousin had made it to the top of the suicide-bomber list at Menagh, said his prayers, and taken his position behind the driver’s seat in a truck full of explosives.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of prayers

Noun

Throughout, Lee’s invocations imbue his subjects with an air of divinity.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

Definition of invocations

Noun

The curators, David Breslin and Brinda Kumar, don’t accomplish this with appeals to timeliness or relevance but with a mighty selection of pieces—more than a hundred and twenty, from eighty-two different institutions—and smart exhibition design.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Michael Rider’s Celine appeals to me for its approach to the contemporary wardrobe.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of appeals

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The vast majority of those levies required authorization from Springfield, which never came despite entreaties from Johnson.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Alicent makes similar entreaties to Rhaenyra, offering to divide the kingdom, with Aegon in charge of the stormlands, westerlands, the Reach and rule from Oldtown, with everything to the north going to Rhaenyra.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of entreaties

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All six defendants were arraigned in the 37th District Court before Judge Bieda, where pleas of not guilty were entered, and a $500,000 bond was set for each suspect, with the requirement that a steel-cuff GPS tether be used if bond is posted.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Mom makes final pleas Pedraza, Sierra’s mother, walked out of the courtroom in tears Wednesday evening after completing her testimony.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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