as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the lottery winner was beset by a horde of petitioners, all of whom thought that they were most deserving of his charity
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Recent Examples of petitioner
The Wichita Falls City Council passed a rule allowing the moving of kids' books to the adults' section if at least 300 petitioners asked the library.
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Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The petitioner of that project was presented by Hobart Devco, LLC.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The panel concluded that the petitioners were likely to succeed on the merits, would face irreparable harm if deported, and that the balance of equities favored preserving their right to judicial review.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
When adjudicating a request filed on Form I-129 involving the same parties and the same underlying facts, USCIS gives deference to its prior determination of the petitioner’s, applicant's, or beneficiary's eligibility.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The petitioner of that project was presented by Hobart Devco, LLC.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The panel concluded that the petitioners were likely to succeed on the merits, would face irreparable harm if deported, and that the balance of equities favored preserving their right to judicial review.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
When adjudicating a request filed on Form I-129 involving the same parties and the same underlying facts, USCIS gives deference to its prior determination of the petitioner’s, applicant's, or beneficiary's eligibility.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
Noun
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The solicitor said key forensic evidence remains pending, writing that most of Dickey’s 40 prior arrests occurred outside his jurisdiction.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The owner then digitally signs the request with the private key to prove to the CA that the requester does, in fact, have control of the private key.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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After staff informed the requester about the expansive scope, that person did not respond.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.—
Teju Cole,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.—
Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
21 Aug. 2021
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“Petitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioner. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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