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petitioned
adjective as in requested
adjective as in solicited
Strong matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
Over a year after losing her money, Anjali and others petitioned India's top consumer court in January, which admitted their complaint of "deficiency of services" by banks.
It has been protected by the state since 2020, after the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned it be listed as threatened.
George Gascón petitioned a judge to have their sentences reduced to 50 years in prison.
Creditors owed hundreds of millions of pounds petitioned a court to force the company into liquidation so that Liberty Steel's assets can be sold to pay the debts owed.
In 2008, some 1,400 residents in Serangoon Gardens, an upper middle-class neighbourhood, petitioned against the construction of a migrant worker dormitory near their homes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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