petition
Example Sentences
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Your friend could petition the court to remove her sister as trustee or POA holder, if the sister did indeed act unethically or recklessly.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Ghosh is now the director of campaign finance reform at the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, which has filed a petition asking the FEC to require disclaimers on paid content created by influencers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
A petition calling for separation recently gathered more than 300,000 signatures - enough needed to trigger a vote.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
More than 1,500 employees have signed a petition demanding Meta not collect employee “computer-use” data to train its AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“Curiosity is a dangerous petition: it is well I have not taken a vow to accord every request—”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing petition
The Bill of Rights
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