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
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Ellis sought damages including medical expenses and lost wages and referenced a $24 million figure in pleadings mentioned during trial, ABC7 Eyewitness News reported.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Nick Friedell, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
In April 2022 the artist, real name Lontrell Williams, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to a gun conspiracy charge stemming from an October 2020 confrontation that left a man shot in the buttocks.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Cannon found that counts 2-5, by incorporating the allegations in count 1, violated the federal rule against shotgun pleadings.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Ellis sought damages including medical expenses and lost wages and referenced a $24 million figure in pleadings mentioned during trial, ABC7 Eyewitness News reported.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
Last season, after an emotional, last-second loss to the Denver Nuggets in early December, Kerr publicly called out Podziemski for some of his poor decisions during the game, including pleading against a call that didn’t go his way.
—Nick Friedell, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
In April 2022 the artist, real name Lontrell Williams, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to a gun conspiracy charge stemming from an October 2020 confrontation that left a man shot in the buttocks.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 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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Korie told Fox News Digital the decision to return to television was prayerful and carefully considered.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The Black Album, Drake’s Take Care, 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me, and, notably, Gunna’s DS4Ever, despite their public falling out following Gunna’s plea deal in the YSL RICO case.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Unlike most people facing these charges in Alabama’s 19th Circuit Court, this defendant was not offered a plea deal for a lesser charge.—
Amy Yurkanin,
ProPublica,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The American Chemistry Council took issue with the report’s findings on low birth weight and liver issues, arguing that the evidence wasn’t as robust as the report claimed.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Johnson’s son said that women were arguing with his mother about sharing the insurance information.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gilbert appealed Wilson’s ruling; however, in December 2024, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down Gilbert’s appeal, per Courthouse News Service.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Buccaneers, which mixes soapy costume drama with Taylor Swift songs, has been well reviewed by critics (72% Rotten Tomatoes average) and has developed a devoted following but has not broken out the way some of Apple TV+’s broad-appeal hits have.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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Lower courts had blocked DHS’s mass termination, reasoning that federal law requires parole decisions to be made on an individual basis.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The previous day, Mamdani had been in Bay Ridge, Kensington, and Jamaica—home to large Muslim communities in Brooklyn and Queens—for Eid prayers, addressing some twenty-five thousand people.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) thanked the troopers for their bravery and asked for prayers for them and their families.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Antetokounmpo and the Bucks need to see if this group has any chance of contending in the East, with the mood sure to change depending on the answer to that question.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Javice’s lawyers asked the judge on Monday to reconsider his order, contending that JPMorgan wasn’t entitled to recover defense legal costs.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The discharge petition under Massie, however, is a different story.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Jones asked the Supreme Court to review the case in a petition for a filed last month.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Pleading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleading. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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