PETITIONED (FOR) Synonyms: 29 Similar Words

petitioned (for)

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past tense of petition (for)

as in pressed (for)

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Stable rules are needed to support capital formation, especially at the scale required by frontier AI development.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Under Assembly Bill 481, law enforcement agencies are required to obtain approval prior to the purchase or use of military equipment, along with an annual report of how the technology has been deployed in the previous year.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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