petitioner
Britishnoun
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a person who presents a petition
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the plaintiff in a divorce suit
Example Sentences
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Petitioners had asked the Israeli Supreme Court to move Gen. Tomer-Yerushalmi’s leak investigation to the Israel Police, alleging that the MAG Corps would whitewash the crime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
Petitioners must collect signatures equal to 5% of the vote in two-thirds of the state’s congressional districts within a 90-day period to be successful.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2025
Petitioners also objected to books parents may consider "unsuitable" placed in school libraries and in the children's section of public libraries.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
“The injunction threatens irreparable harm to Petitioners, impacted agricultural workers, UFW, the integrity of the administrative review process established by the Legislature, and even Wonderful itself,” Bonta wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
Read and Voted, That this Report be not accepted, and that the Petition of John Whitney and others therein refer'd to, be accordingly dismiss'd, and that the Petitioners pay the Charge of the Committee.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 by Various
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