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Recent Examples of remonstrance Citizens do have a right to file for a petition for remonstrance 30 days after official notice is published on April 29. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025 His new Hulu comedy special, Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years, leans all the way into that remorse, with jokes that — for the most part — sidestep giving into anger and remonstrance in favor of self-reflection. Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Almost immediately, a dozen dissenting settlers filed a remonstrance with the assembly. Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 There is a method to all the remonstrance. New York Times, 17 June 2021 The adoption of the ordinance, which passed with council approval vote Sept. 13, occurs at the Oct. 25 with information provided to all Prairie Ridge residents about the opportunity for remonstrance. Philip Potempa, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021 Fast-forward to 1958, by which time Yard’s remonstrance had long been forgotten. Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021 In defending his vote for the rezone, Rider explained that there is remonstrance to nearly every project that has come before him on council. Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2020 Despite the remonstrances of her children (Andrés Talero and Catherine Nunez) and the transplant surgeon, Dr. Castillo (Ariel Texidó), Millie befriends the organ recipient, Amér (Joel Hernández Lara). Celia Wren, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remonstrance
Noun
  • It was never sold in the U.S. thanks to the unwavering objections of a resolute reviewer at the FDA named Frances Oldham Kelsey.
    David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
  • With Republicans going it alone, over the objections of Democrats in the House and Senate critical of the tax package as a giveaway to the rich that will hurt Americans who depend on federal services, leaders will need almost every Republican on board.
    Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Asking for fairness, the state workers who gathered outside the Caltrans headquarters across from the Capitol delivered a petition, urging the department to reconsider allowing exceptions to the telework policy.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
  • Judge Florence Pan pressed Graver to explain why the Federal Reserve should be carved out as an exception to boards Trump should have control over, but the labor boards should not.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The complaint says a 58-year-old woman showed up at AdventHealth TimberRidge ER in Ocala with chills, fever and numbness in her hands and face.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
  • According to the complaint, the water district and county have rejected Kenny’s legal claims, which typically precede a lawsuit against a government agency and give both parties a chance to settle the allegations themselves before going to court.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2025

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“Remonstrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remonstrance. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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