as in to press (for)
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Power politics on the issue of affordability require careful strategizing of the politics of power.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Continuous or not, the current route to reaching AGI requires what would be the largest infrastructure build in history.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Petition (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petition%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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