plea
noun
an appeal or entreaty.
pleas
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pluralof plea.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thus the pleas behind closed doors for exemptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Though the days of urgent pleas to reduce power use in the hopes of preventing major outages appear to be largely over in California, local utilities still employ public safety power shutoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
My understanding is that there might be limitations on what pleas are available based on the counts that are in this case.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
The heart-wrenching effort to locate victims continues online, on a government website that compiles information on survivors and the missing, alongside numerous pleas for help.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
It was a prayer that he had never said before, because it was a prayer without words or pleas.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
