Thesaurus results for PETITIONER

petitioner

noun

pə-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər

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 The petitioner has attested under penalty of perjury to the accuracy of its claims and has a substantial interest in enforcing its rights. —

Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025 The Court ruled in favor of the petitioner, but in November 2024, Pakistan introduced restrictions that would mean a person born in Pakistan, to be a citizen, had to either have a parent who was a citizen or permanent resident, or reside in Pakistan for a decade after their birth. —

Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025 One of the petitioners, Breckenridge Café NYC, a hemp business, was subject to searches last year, and again last September after getting involved in the lawsuit. —

Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 The recall petitioners are waiting to be cleared to collect signatures to qualify for the ballot in a special election before 2026. —

Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for petitioner

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City’s explanation is that decision, and the case as a whole, fell into the remit of the solicitors representing the company’s insurers rather than the club itself.

— Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
In 2018, several members were elected to City Council in Bethlehem, and Susan Wild, the city solicitor in nearby Allentown and old friend of Ms. Morganelli’s, was elected to Congress with the group’s support.

— Charles Homans, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025