as in pleas
an earnest request
coldhearted tourists pointedly ignoring the pleadings of the city's many street urchins
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Recent Examples of pleadings
Cannon found that counts 2-5, by incorporating the allegations in count 1, violated the federal rule against shotgun pleadings.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleadings
Noun
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Ashley and Mickey gave their final pleas to the house.—
David Wysong,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fleming and Iwamasa, as well as greedy ketamine providing doctors Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez have all previously entered guilty pleas in the Perry case.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The appeals judges said the evidence won't be allowed because Jones could not effectively cross-examine a witness, who died seven years ago.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Google is likely to appeal the decision with an appeals process that could last several years.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Saint Carlo Acutis receives prayers and requests for miracles from around the world — often, fittingly, through the internet.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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University President Ah Yun, in his letter, asked everyone to keep the victims' families in their prayers.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The council unanimously gave initial approval to three annexation petitions, along with fiscal plans, with property located south of the hospital and west of Iowa Street and 129th and 137th avenues.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Those figures only examine the petitions that actually reached the ballot.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Pleadings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleadings. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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