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
Newsweek has contacted the petitioner's counsel for comment via email.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
The election boards issued a report on June 30 stating the petitioners had reached that threshold.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
If the rezoning is approved for M-1 or light manufacturing, the petitioner could build a data center or anything allowable in that zone, Huddlestun said.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
In both cases, the petitioners asked the high court to say whether a capital conviction should be overturned if the case was so flawed that the prosecution no longer defends it.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
The election boards issued a report on June 30 stating the petitioners had reached that threshold.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
If the rezoning is approved for M-1 or light manufacturing, the petitioner could build a data center or anything allowable in that zone, Huddlestun said.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
In both cases, the petitioners asked the high court to say whether a capital conviction should be overturned if the case was so flawed that the prosecution no longer defends it.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petitioner
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Signs informing visitors that street parking and solicitors are banned line the small residential community’s streets, which are dotted with speed bumps and radar speed signs.—
Josh Wood,
The Courier-Journal,
15 July 2025
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The City Council voted 7-0 June 10 to approve an ordinance to reduce the latest time in which peddlers and solicitors can knock on doors, ring doorbells or otherwise try to get admittance at residences from 9 p.m. Gayatri Agnew, Ward 1 City Council member, abstained from voting.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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Asking the requester to prioritize the new task may prompt them to reconsider who should take it on.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Then, the nodes return that content to the requester by retracing the same path [green arrows].—
Glenn Edens,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Mar. 2017
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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 7 Aug. 2025.
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