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 Challenges with this step can lead to petitioners giving up on their cases. Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Currently, the number petitioners would need to reach is 3,120. Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026 The court also said the petition lacked a detailed factual record showing how each of the petitioners came to receive Code 51. Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 Goodenow ruled that the petitioners met the necessary burden to prove the lawsuit was a violation of their petition rights. Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 Until recently in Louisiana’s Western District, petitioners had to formally deliver the lawsuit and summons to government defendants in person and through certified mail. Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026 The petitioners, primarily represented by Adam Pauley, responded in filing a document requesting the board to strike the objections. Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Christopher Bakes, a Jesuit alumnus and co-leader of the group, said the petitioners do not oppose admitting girls but object to how the decision came about. Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Brooks said her family has encountered plenty of door-to-door solicitors over the years, but never one knocking that late at night.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In the early 1970s, in the midst of an oil crisis, my father ran a solicitors' firm.
    Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.
    Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • Instead, Paulie’s trusted lieutenants move from person to person, talking with various would-be partners and supplicants, and then go back and whisper in Paulie’s ear.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • More than anything, in the halo headpieces that are her signature accessory, Mary recalls a medieval religious icon, the Holy Virgin as fictional diva, touching down on stages in major markets to be adored by seas of light-waving supplicants.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026

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“Petitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioners. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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