supplications

plural of supplication
as in prayers
an earnest request the Red Cross made an urgent supplication for donations of food and blankets for the earthquake victims

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Noun
  • Signs near the site on Saturday asked for prayers for the families, according to The Associated Press.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Her pregame prayers would start as fairly standard and expected.
    Elise Devlin, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What Happens Next There would seem to be little hope for a more civil political discourse, despite the soul-searching and appeals on both sides, especially in the run-up to next year’s midterms.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • My practice mainly comprises civil, commercial, and real estate litigation and appeals, with a small First Amendment practice.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The pleas, entered at Dauphin County courthouse, resulted in a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The layoff prompted him to finally, after years of ignoring his wife’s pleas to get a complete eye exam, make an appointment with an ophthalmologist.
    Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Supreme Court only grants about 1% of petitions, so the odds are long.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Hoping to distance herself from the grief and guilt, the workaholic petitions her editor (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to be assigned to a lighter beat, reporting on the maiden voyage of the luxury yacht the Aurora Borealis.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The following facts are derived from the pleadings.
    Matthew L. Roberts, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Cannon found that counts 2-5, by incorporating the allegations in count 1, violated the federal rule against shotgun pleadings.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Supplications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplications. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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