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petitions 1 of 2

noun

plural of petition

as in appeals

an earnest request a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations

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petitions

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verb

present tense third-person singular of petition

as in begs

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship

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Recent Examples of petitions

Noun

As of Monday, about 100 residents had their own copies of petitions in circulation and had collected more than 2,200 signatures. —

Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026 The race saw on-again off-again challenger Juan Beto Ruiz ultimately removed from the ballot due to a missing maternal surname on his nomination petitions. —

Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026 The authors found plenty of evidence that counties, including San Diego, previously allowed requests for 5200 petitions. —

Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 Jennifer Marsaw's restraining order petitions detail that fear. —

Conor Wight, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026 Two separate Palestinian soccer federation petitions were addressed in Thursday's announcement. —

ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026 The petitions to put the issue to voters are part of a wave of new ballot initiatives designed to bypass state legislatures. —

Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2026 Hahn opposed that plan, as did 90,000 people who signed petitions in opposition to the plan, which also was opposed by the Catalina Island Humane Society. —

Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026 The letter cited a recent AMCHA Initiative report — which used publicly available Israel boycott petitions, departmental websites, social media postings and campus event records — to show a surge in incidents between July 2023 and June 2025 at UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. —

Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026

Verb

The film hands off its plot like a baton, passing from this dissatisfied shopper to a factory owner to her dead daughter-in-law (another ghost) who petitions the government for her civil rights despite being in the body of an appliance. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026

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Noun

The final outcome of the cases could take years to resolve pending appeals and settlement agreements, but experts say the shift in the public’s sentiment and understanding of social media’s dangers is already happening.

— Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
In cases of violent crime, next of kin can obtain the photos once criminal prosecution, including all appeals, is resolved.

— Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026