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
Noun
  • Those petitions ballooned after the administration began limiting the ability of many immigrants to seek release through bond hearings in immigration court.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of emergency petitions filed by activist groups to stop the implementation of a Texas law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 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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  • There will be funeral prayers later at the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala as well.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Muhammad Taqi al-Hakim, a senior scholar at the Najaf seminary, led the funeral prayers at the Shrine of Imam Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of prayers
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  • Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Definition of invocations
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  • Martin said the order shows how strongly the judge prefers a deal over years more of litigation — and potential appeals.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • Much of what couples experience as conflict is, on closer inspection, a disagreement about which interpretation of an ambiguous event is the correct one, and that disagreement is rarely settled by appeals to trust.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of appeals
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • If the judge finds there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial, Robinson will be arraigned and enter pleas.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Leo’s Saturday pleas to European and American leaders are not unprecedented.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 4 July 2026
Definition of pleas
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