Thesaurus results for PLEAS

pleas

noun

plural of plea

as in appeals

an earnest request the captive made an impassioned plea for his life to be spared

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an explanation that frees one from fault or blame my only plea is that I've been overworked lately

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Recent Examples of pleas The union forged ahead earlier this year despite pleas from fellow Democrats to drop the measure. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Audio recordings of her desperate pleas for help to Palestinian paramedics were heard around the world. — Ciara Moran, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 For about a year, Austin Davis’ phone has been flooded with hundreds of pleas for help from across the Phoenix metropolitan area. — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2026 The pleas remove the need for a trial of the last two defendants in a case that exposed a campaign of surveillance and violence against Tatiana Pino during her contentious divorce from the prominent homebuilder. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 And they have been put through the wringer by Iran, not being seen or heard by regime authorities in Iran, despite their pleas for justice and redress. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Like Brown, Greenwald was no stranger to bedtime story pleas from her two children. — Ashley Montgomery, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026 Defendants can enter pleas at such hearings, or a judge can schedule the case further out for trial. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026 The optometrist and another co-defendant have entered guilty pleas in the prosecution and are expected to testify against Diamantis. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The appeals panel also vacated convictions stemming from accusations that Wahhaj and his brother-in-law were preparing for attacks against the government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson was able to avoid a fine worth $13,611 that was handed down by the NFL through some creative defendant work in an NFL appeals process.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of appeals

Noun

The rules, which are never explained, are put there as flimsy excuses for aspects of the pilot that don’t hold together otherwise.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Only to see them, after winning elections, get strong-armed by the party, then offer lame excuses as to why.

— Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of excuses

Noun

Thank you all for your outpouring of love, well wishes, and healing prayers.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
The cousin had made it to the top of the suicide-bomber list at Menagh, said his prayers, and taken his position behind the driver’s seat in a truck full of explosives.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of prayers

Noun

Well, it’s generally focused on the origins of and justifications for Baldwin’s multi-decade persecution complex.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Even the characters involved in the season’s intriguing, yet infuriating, cliffhanger ending have justifications for their schemes.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of justifications

Noun

In September 2025, the administration introduced a $100,000 fee on certain new H-1B petitions for workers hired from abroad.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Microsoft was a close fourth at 21,706 petitions for 2026, with a median base salary of $180,710.

— CJ Haddad, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of petitions

Noun

Steve Sarkisian will not budge on this issue One of the primary reasons Manning chose to attend Texas was Sarkisian.

— Mac Engel October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
Palestinian officials cited conditions in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem as reasons for postponing the vote.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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