petitions (for)

present tense third-person singular of petition (for)

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  • The White House official also said that under the preliminary deal — which still requires Chinese officials to sign off on a framework agreement — the United States will not take equity stake in the new venture or have representation on the controlling committee.
    Chris Megerian, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • For a daily practitioner like Tweedy, songwriting might be the same kind of gesture, a symbolic commitment that requires a lot of hard work to mean something.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Petitions (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitions%20%28for%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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