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appeal

[uh-peel] / əˈpil /






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Bartholomew said that those who didn’t appeal may have gotten a different, lower-cost type of care, like home health, but the investigation didn’t focus on that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The Los Angeles school board voted 4 to 3 in March to deny the charter renewal, which set up the pending appeal before the county agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Due to her bereavement, she said she did "not follow through with the appeal" to the Planning Inspectorate, which dismissed her initial application in 2022 as she "did not attend".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Appealing does appear to pay off: Of the 18% of patients who did appeal, nearly all of them were able to overturn the initial denial of skilled nursing care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

This appeal to experience, however, was not new.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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