solicitations

noun

plural of solicitation
as in appeals
an earnest request the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes

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Recent Examples of solicitations According to federal prosecutors, Epsilon used sophisticated modeling to identify consumers likely to respond to solicitations. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Firms often publish the hourly costs for their associates, managers and other work before solicitations are posted. — Aaron Davis, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026 Similar solicitations, however, have become part of far darker storylines. — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 In addition to typical public solicitations, the mayor’s finance team took the unusual step of reaching out directly to 20 financial institutions to pitch the sale, Bomher said. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 For solicitations over $100,000, the city aims for a 30% utilization rate, either through self‑performance or certified small-business subcontractors within the five‑county region. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 Across the political divide, Republican solicitations are their own kind of nightmare. — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 The alert urged Americans to avoid renting jet skis in the Caribbean country and to be wary of solicitations from operators, specifically near the Cruise Port, Junkanoo Beach, Arawak Cay, and the islands east of Paradise Island. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 June 2026 The California lawsuit claims the text messages should be considered telephone solicitations. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicitations
  1. appeals
  2. pleas
  3. prayers
  4. petitions
Noun
  • The Planning and Land Use Management Committee instructed the city Planning Department in October 2025 to explore alternative price points for appeals that would decrease the amount of money the city’s general fund would have to subsidize.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • That is true, but evidence suggests that such altruistic appeals could fail to increase vaccination and might even backfire.
    — Jessica Fishman, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of appeals
Noun
  • The National Capital Planning Commission heard nearly eight hours of impassioned pleas from veterans, lawmakers, residents and concerned citizens opposed to the structure.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
  • As for the next chapters of Glee and Girls, may the writers’ rooms hear our post-election pleas.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of pleas
Noun
  • Jewish clergy, interfaith leaders and community members came together at the Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza for a 45-minute service featuring prayers, songs and firsthand accounts of the violence that unfolded 88 years ago.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Sometimes Lisa Huberman, the social action engagement associate at UMBC Hillel, arrives with Jewish students preparing for a Friday evening gathering while Muslim students are concluding their prayers.
    — Kyle Desrosiers-Levine, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of prayers
Noun
  • Most of these people were freed through habeas corpus petitions, which let detainees challenge the government’s legal right to imprison them.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The state spends more than $200 million a year to adjudicate automatic death penalty appeals and habeas corpus petitions for inmates who, in all likelihood, will never be executed, according to a 2025 report by the Habeas Corpus Resource Center.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of petitions

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