as in prayerful
asking humbly
a pleading husband seeking forgiveness once again from his long-suffering wife
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as in plea
an earnest request
coldhearted tourists pointedly ignoring the pleadings of the city's many street urchins
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as in arguing
to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration
can I plead temporary insanity for having made that foolish decision?
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Recent Examples of pleading
Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
The following facts are derived from the pleadings.
—Matthew L. Roberts, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Taylor alleges she was pressured by Henry's wife into pleading guilty to the charge, and was made to write apology notes to Henry and the police as part of her probation.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Courts generally view these reports with skepticism but will allow allegations relying on the reports to move past the pleading stage under certain circumstances.
—Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
The following facts are derived from the pleadings.
—Matthew L. Roberts, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Sahara Dula, 25, received the sentence Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, along with three years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to second-degree assault in June.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Taylor alleges she was pressured by Henry's wife into pleading guilty to the charge, and was made to write apology notes to Henry and the police as part of her probation.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleading
Adjective
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The Sagrada Família was founded as an expiatory church, meaning that it would be financed by prayerful donations from people atoning for their sins.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pärt’s formulas, born out of long, prayerful periods with sacred texts, offer beauty in the warmth and friction of relationships: melody and tintinnabuli, word and the limits of language, sounds and silence.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The defendant had initially been charged with two counts of conspiring to create and distribute animal crush videos, but prosecutors agreed to reduce that to just one count in exchange for a guilty plea from Morelli.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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French prosecutor Laure Beccuau made a plea Wednesday to whoever has the jewels.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The two were arguing inside a car and then got out of the car, where the fight escalated, police said.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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One report, citing a source close to Sheridan, even claimed the writer was annoyed that Paramount sent too many of its top suits to a meeting designed to keep Sheridan onboard, arguing that Ellison had messed up by bringing more than two execs along with him.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Owing to its appeal and acclaim, Pinjar was translated into eight other Indian and foreign languages, including English.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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However, for executives under pressure to boost productivity at lower costs—and especially for those with a penchant for cutting—the appeal of flattening the hierarchy is obvious.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The other offering is Project Eluna, an agentic AI system—designed to act with a degree of autonomy, reasoning through complex operational situations and recommending actions to operators.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Clearly, the cost arguments haven’t been persuasive, with people reasoning the slightly higher costs are worth the improved treatment of farm animals.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hearts and prayers out to them.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many of the commenters offered prayers to Ross, while others offered her words of encouragement.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One of the Super Bowl contending teams who could be active at the deadline is the Buffalo Bills.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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That will be another tough test, as Carolina faces Jordan Love and the potential Super Bowl-contending Green Bay Packers.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In his petition, Mamdani called for caps on resale prices similar to regulations recently adopted in fellow host country Mexico, situating the fight within a broader movement to protect working people from rising costs.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Despite garnering more than 150,000 signatures, the petition, which was started by the Halloween & Costume Association, also faced some backlash.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Pleading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleading. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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