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appeals

  • plural
    of appeal.
    appeal
    noun
    an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
  • present tense form
    of appeal (3rd person singular).
    appeal
    noun
    an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.

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A federal judge ruled against the company in August, and an appeals court refused in September to pause enforcement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Alexander Robbins argued before Seabright that the revised delegation placed Essayli’s authority on the permissible side of the line drawn by the appeals court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

For example, the AA believes there needs to be a single and independent appeals process.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

For example, take Anthropic’s policy of shutting down abusive conversations, which appeals to machine-welfare advocates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

That culture was peculiarly English for, as we have seen, Descartes studiously avoided appeals to design.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton