appealed

past tense of appeal

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Recent Examples of appealed Gilbert appealed Wilson’s ruling; however, in December 2024, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down Gilbert’s appeal, per Courthouse News Service. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025 The White House appealed to the Supreme Court, and now the high court has agreed to examine the appeal. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appealed
Verb
  • Actor Wilson Cruz cited Rebel Without a Cause as a massive influence on his life and career as a gay man portraying a gay character.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Court records cited in the FBI affidavit show that Avalos, who was born in 1995, has a history of violent offenses in both Minnesota and Florida.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The paranormal investigators claim to have been summoned by a priest named Father Cooke when two young women — Donna and Angie — wanted to perform an exorcism to get rid of the spirit of a dead 7-year-old girl named Annabelle Higgins, who had inhabited their doll.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The palace reportedly summoned broadcast media to the Royal Lodge on Thursday, hinting at an announcement.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Thursday’s indictment, federal investigators accused Rozier and other defendants of breaking the law by exploiting private information about players to win bets on NBA games.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Moscow has been accused of hybrid warfare measures in the region; German media outlet Kieler Nachrichten reported Thursday that the Russian amphibious Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin anchored off the German coast and blocked a key shipping route between the Baltic and the North Seas.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Billups was in court and arraigned in Portland Thursday afternoon.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • King faces charges including arson, robbery, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and conspiracy, among others, per online court records reviewer by PEOPLE; he was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • CEOs and experts have criticized universities for failing to keep up with the times; now that AI is here to stay, students had better be prepared to leverage it in their roles.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In recent months, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has repeatedly criticized Tucker Carlson.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That same night, while the two friends were playing online together, her friend mentioned that her daughter had developed a cough and blamed it on the water balloons the kids had played with at the party.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Goldenrods are commonly blamed for fall allergies, though the true culprit is ragweed.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gracie had not been spayed by her previous owner and had been booked in to have the procedure.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Enriquez said the man would be booked into jail on felony charges.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wrexham could not be faulted for attacking intent.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Parolin also faulted global powers for their paralysis.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Appealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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