as in solicitors
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 petitioners
In May, recall petitioners submitted 10,500 valid signatures to qualify the initiative for Tuesday’s ballot.
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Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The debate over a data center campus proposed for Naperville unfolded at Wednesday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, where petitioners made their pitch for approval while residents pushed back against the project.
—Carolyn Stein, 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
The petitioners are challenging a ban on assault weapons, including the AR-15, in Cook County, where the city of Chicago is located.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
After The Post contacted the petitioners, an anonymous representative responded, saying the group included parents, employees and leaders within the church and its affiliated Catholic school who feared retribution from Ciucci and the archdiocese.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
The petitioners argued that the agency should have, at a minimum, considered adding a toll lane as well as converting an existing lane to a toll lane.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Attorneys who argue cases on vaccine injuries said the government has been more favorable to vaccines than petitioners in recent years, fighting against claims that would have previously been easily settled.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 3 Aug. 2025
Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The debate over a data center campus proposed for Naperville unfolded at Wednesday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, where petitioners made their pitch for approval while residents pushed back against the project.
—Carolyn Stein, 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
The petitioners are challenging a ban on assault weapons, including the AR-15, in Cook County, where the city of Chicago is located.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
After The Post contacted the petitioners, an anonymous representative responded, saying the group included parents, employees and leaders within the church and its affiliated Catholic school who feared retribution from Ciucci and the archdiocese.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
The petitioners argued that the agency should have, at a minimum, considered adding a toll lane as well as converting an existing lane to a toll lane.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Attorneys who argue cases on vaccine injuries said the government has been more favorable to vaccines than petitioners in recent years, fighting against claims that would have previously been easily settled.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 3 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioners
Noun
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Phishing texts claiming that tolls haven’t been paid or packages can’t be delivered, calls from solicitors promising to erase debt, malware emails offering winnings from a sweepstakes that no one ever entered.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At best, the rulers who met in Doha on Monday act as supplicants, relying on the whims of a unpredictable US president to intercede with Israel’s leader.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Petitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioners. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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