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petition

[puh-tish-uhn] / pəˈtɪʃ ən /




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Government lawyers are scheduled to reply to her petition a week after Tax Day.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The activists are securing signatures for a petition hoping to amend Ohio’s constitution to prohibit medium-to-large data centers over 25 megawatts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

A petition with more than 3,300 signatures — more than half of them CSU students, staff or faculty — is circulating to call for an to end to the partnership.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

At Tyumen University in Siberia, some 2,000 students signed a petition against a move to make the school’s Wi-Fi accessible only through Max.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

He raced to Berlin to petition the court for clemency, but, when he telephoned the Scholls, he learned that he was too late.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti