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View definitions for petitioning

petitioning

adjective as in requesting

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noun as in soliciting

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But others see it differently: there is a long history of Indigenous leaders petitioning the Royal Family to recognise their peoples’ struggle, but the independent’s senator’s act - for some - went too far.

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They worked for months to get them out - petitioning Israel, Egypt and the US state department for help.

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Fans of the Prime Video series have rallied behind an online campaign petitioning to save the historical dramedy from cancellation.

Not only are the new editions Straczynski’s idea; he is petitioning the city of Los Angeles to give “Ellison Wonderland” landmark status so that it might be opened as a museum.

“The law in virtually every state provides that the nominee of a state-recognized political party will be allowed ballot access without petitioning,” a CNN spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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