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as in seducer
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire
money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls
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as in petitioner
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way
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Recent Examples of solicitor
Timothy Hauser, then an associate solicitor at the Labor Department, was one of the attorneys who signed the brief.
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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Volunteers and paid solicitors alike must be Florida residents, for which there’s no valid reason.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
The second occurred at a four-way intersection with four solicitors distracting drivers and leading to a car being rear-ended as a result.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
In Dracula, Erivo will play a range of characters including solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée Mina Murray, confidante Lucy Westenra and her suitors, vampire hunter Van Helsing and Count Dracula, among others.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
Volunteers and paid solicitors alike must be Florida residents, for which there’s no valid reason.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
The second occurred at a four-way intersection with four solicitors distracting drivers and leading to a car being rear-ended as a result.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
In Dracula, Erivo will play a range of characters including solicitor Jonathan Harker and his fiancée Mina Murray, confidante Lucy Westenra and her suitors, vampire hunter Van Helsing and Count Dracula, among others.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicitor
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The Hamilton County Board of Elections late Friday certified that petitioners had collected enough valid signatures for the November ballot, according to Raquel Burgos, deputy director of the Hamilton County Board of Elections.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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If not for our conclusion that jurisdiction lies in the Eastern District of Virginia, that deliberate choice would have deprived the petitioner of any meaningful opportunity to contest his detention prior to removal to a distant jurisdiction.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.—
Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2024
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Through reflection, Marvin realized that his default yes wasn’t always fair to himself, to his team or even to the requester.—
Diana Lowe,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Then, that forwarder consults the PIT at each node to follow the reverse path back to the original requester.—
Glenn Edens,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Mar. 2017
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Provide Predictable Signals Of Stability As Martin Seligman mentioned in his positive psychology research, the London air-raid sirens during WWII were so reliable as a signal that people were willing to go out and carry on even though bombs landed unpredictably.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The occasional siren or celebratory whoop was just a streetwise soundtrack that rooted me in a dynamic neighborhood where the art scene, stadium buzz, and working waterfront converge.—
Leilani Marie Labong,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
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“Solicitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitor. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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