as in plea
an earnest request
our entreaties to give us another few minutes to answer the test questions fell on deaf ears
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Recent Examples of entreaty
Despite entreaties from its engineers, Google management sat on the breakthrough.
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Tom Wheeler, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
When his entreaties for a post were rebuffed, Guiteau shot the president.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
Trump’s entreaties to voters beyond his base were vaguer.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
As a grandson who lived with him frantically packed a car, Nickerson refused all entreaties to evacuate.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Tom Wheeler, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
When his entreaties for a post were rebuffed, Guiteau shot the president.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
Trump’s entreaties to voters beyond his base were vaguer.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
As a grandson who lived with him frantically packed a car, Nickerson refused all entreaties to evacuate.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entreaty
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Willis’ lawyer, John Picerno, entered the not guilty plea on Willis’ behalf, and the judge entered the plea on behalf of Carson, who doesn’t yet have an attorney and plans to apply for a public defender.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Watch Moore’s six-minute statement/plea below, then hit the comments with your reactions.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
7 Mar. 2025
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But unlike the Springsteen record of yore, there is a level of acoustic guitar virtuosity here that is a big part of the appeal.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2025
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Mercedes Formula One driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has climbed up one position from fifth to secure fourth place at the Australian Grand Prix after the five-second penalty was reversed following an appeal by his team.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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First was a simple message on X: two prayer hands emojis.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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Father Tony Marti from St. Francis High School in La Canada, where Stephan is a basketball player, had called earlier to offer prayers.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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Nevertheless, SpaceX says its own petition to revise the 1.6/2.4GHz rules was filed before Globalstar’s application for the C3 constellation.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
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Their petition sparked a three-year denaming and renaming process that engaged both the college community and the wider public.—
Kathy Rose O'Brien,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Entreaty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entreaty. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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