as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the lottery winner was beset by a horde of petitioners, all of whom thought that they were most deserving of his charity
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Recent Examples of petitioner
Dalton had already ruled that way in September, at which point the petitioners submitted their applications to regain their rights to vote, according to their attorney Keeda J. Haynes.
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2024
Investigators learned that DeLuna was the petitioner on an order of protection previously filed against Rubio, who was also required to move out of the Villa Park home.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
Chief Critics Environmental groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity and Eagle County, Colorado, have opposed the effort to limit the scope of environmental reviews in court, arguing the petitioners’ arguments go beyond the limits the law sets out about environmental reviews.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In the second approach, the need to pray comes from the petitioner as an expression of constant angst if God is not present.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
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Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2024
Investigators learned that DeLuna was the petitioner on an order of protection previously filed against Rubio, who was also required to move out of the Villa Park home.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
Chief Critics Environmental groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity and Eagle County, Colorado, have opposed the effort to limit the scope of environmental reviews in court, arguing the petitioners’ arguments go beyond the limits the law sets out about environmental reviews.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In the second approach, the need to pray comes from the petitioner as an expression of constant angst if God is not present.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
Noun
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Property owners can legally place signs on their premises to prohibit unwanted visitors, including solicitors, canvassers and other uninvited guests.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.—
Jason Bailey,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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If a platform is unable to determine whether the request was made by a qualified user, the company must notify the requester that additional information is required to authenticate their request.—
Alison Cross,
Hartford Courant,
24 June 2024
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Records relating to the investigation will be released to requesters once the investigation has concluded, Ashby has said.—
Chase Rogers,
Austin American-Statesman,
4 Mar. 2024
Noun
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.—
Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2024
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.—
Teju Cole,
New York Times,
12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.—
Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
21 Aug. 2021
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“Petitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petitioner. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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