petitioners

plural of petitioner
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 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 If the administrative law judge finds in favor of the petitioners on any of the issues raised, or finds the DNR did not comply with some aspect of state law, then the project can’t move forward unless the DNR modifies the permit. Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 16 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioners
Noun
  • 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
  • Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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“Petitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioners. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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