prayers

plural of prayer
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as in petitions
an address to God or a deity he always directed a bedside prayer to God before going to sleep

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Recent Examples of prayers Aaron Sharpe, co-owner of Lucius Q, commented on a Facebook post from someone offering prayers for the husband and father of two. Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025 The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called for prayers and held a moment of silence for Kirk during a meeting. Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Cox also called for restraint in reaction to Kirk’s assassination, noting that residents of Utah did not riot or loot or engage in violence, and instead held vigils and said prayers. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025 Hand, a Republican who's also running for judge executive, offered prayers to Kirk and his family. Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025 Saint Carlo Acutis receives prayers and requests for miracles from around the world — often, fittingly, through the internet. Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025 University President Ah Yun, in his letter, asked everyone to keep the victims' families in their prayers. Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025 People looking to support Avenue Grill as the restaurant undergoes reparations can keep the business in their prayers and stay connected via social media, such as Facebook and Instagram, for updates on reopening, according to a statement by Avenue Grill sent to the Free Press. Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025 And the sounds—Moroccan music, the beautiful daily prayers. Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prayers
Noun
  • In year's past, petitions have circulated to try to change the date of Halloween to the last Saturday in October.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Immigration advocates and Ohio civil rights leaders have added their names to petitions.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Only after the internal appeals with the insurer are exhausted is an external review an option for some denials.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Clippers would have the chance to appeal to an NBA appeals panel.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The great derangement The Indian government has ignored numerous pleas to reconsider and abandon the project and instead moved to change the facts on the ground.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Smith entered pleas of not guilty at the arraignment, CBS News and NBC Boston reported.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The program is accepting, reviewing, and processing new enrollment applications and certification requests, according to HHS, and any information ban was lifted in February.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But Miller said Wake County officials for nearly a decade refused her requests to have her kids reevaluated.
    Fred Clasen-Kelly, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Prayers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prayers. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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