intercessions

noun

plural of intercession
as in petitions

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  1. petitions
  2. supplications
  3. prayers
  4. invocations
  5. appeals
  6. orisons
  7. entreaties
  8. pleas
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  • The Supreme Court ruled immediately after hearing arguments that the registrar had relied on advice from Thomas’s office to issue the petitions.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
  • So far this year, 25 people — including Kohberger — have filed petitions for post-conviction relief in Ada County, according to a review of court records by the Statesman.
    — Alex Brizee July 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
Definition of petitions
Noun
  • Late nights and anxious supplications.
    — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Definition of supplications
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  • Please keep her family, her fellow deputies, and the entire Lexington County community in your prayers.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • During this incredibly difficult time, our thoughts and prayers are with the Ulbrich family.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of prayers
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  • 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
  • Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Definition of invocations
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  • Trump was flattered into joining Benjamin Netanyahu in attacking Iran, where former presidents had the intelligence to refuse his appeals.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Payments will not be released until the court grants final approval and all appeals have been resolved.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of appeals
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  • Kibandi discussed with us about the power of art in creating change and how photography can be a vehicle for culture expanding orisons for girls and women.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of orisons
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  • These are the people who will likely be most amenable to negotiations or personal entreaties.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 June 2026
  • Zegna came to Malibu to make entreaties to the American fashion market with its colorful, louche new wares.
    — Dave Schilling Contributing Follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Definition of entreaties
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  • Disturbing jailhouse conversations don’t connect mother to murders Allegations of drug abuse and child neglect against Marcee Gray were already well established by the time her son Colt entered guilty pleas on 55 counts.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • At the time of arraignment, the two entered not guilty pleas.
    — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of pleas
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