as in suppliants
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors
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Recent Examples of supplicants
At best, the rulers who met in Doha on Monday act as supplicants, relying on the whims of a unpredictable US president to intercede with Israel’s leader.
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Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplicants
Noun
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Should the petitioners win their case, Justice Barrett had questions about how reimbursements would be doled out to people and entities that have already paid the tariffs.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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The petitioners filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in April.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Phishing texts claiming that tolls haven’t been paid or packages can’t be delivered, calls from solicitors promising to erase debt, malware emails offering winnings from a sweepstakes that no one ever entered.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Supplicants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicants. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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