as in plea
an earnest request
a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations
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as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship
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Recent Examples of petition
Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
As Shoaf’s bill was moving through the Legislature last year, records show the governor’s office received a swarm of public opposition to the proposal, with more than 25,000 emails, letters, petition signatures and phone calls against the measure.
—Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025
Plaintiffs petition a special court system where government officials known as special masters, who operate like judges, rule on cases without juries.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 28 July 2025
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Noun
More than 30,000 people have since signed an online petition.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2025
As Shoaf’s bill was moving through the Legislature last year, records show the governor’s office received a swarm of public opposition to the proposal, with more than 25,000 emails, letters, petition signatures and phone calls against the measure.
—Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Lake Pickett land owners have petitioned unsuccessfully for more than a decade for permission to build a community of hundreds of homes on the former Rybolt cattle ranch.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025
Plaintiffs petition a special court system where government officials known as special masters, who operate like judges, rule on cases without juries.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petition
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The Abraham Lincoln High School standout drafted by the Portland Trailblazers in 2004 is scheduled to begin a 6-month sentence Tuesday after allegedly failing to satisfy the terms of a plea agreement for his part in a healthcare fraud case, according to TMZ.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
11 Aug. 2025
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As part of the plea agreement, Yager completed 40 hours of community service and DUI school.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Aug. 2025
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Continue reading … 'DON’T DO IT' – 'The View' host begs music legend to snub Trump's Kennedy Center honor.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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His home run in Milwaukee last October likely kept him in a Mets uniform this season, with the fans begging the club to sign their homegrown hero.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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On a morning analyst call, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav talked about pulling back on library content licensing to rival streamers to focus on HBO Max and its consumer appeal.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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In early July, Ocean City and Worcester County jointly filed two legal appeals against US Wind’s air permit, claiming that the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), a state agency, issued the permit without following proper procedures.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The book details how Brown transformed her own trauma into something radiant—and how creativity became her form of prayer.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The boat rose on end, and her bows were buried in an instant; a hurried ejaculation, at once shriek and prayer, rose to the lips of the bravest when, unexpected mercy!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Petition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petition. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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