petitioning

Speech parts

1. petitioning - Noun

2. petitioning - Verb

Meaning

of Petition

The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

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Examples

Most people are far more concerned that they can control their own bodies than they are about petitioning Congress. Jacob M. Appel

I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted. Toby Young

A European-American man could legally marry a Cherokee woman by petitioning the federal court, after gaining approval of ten of her blood relatives. Source: Internet

After many decades of petitioning, in 1550 Southwark was incorporated into the City of London as 'The Ward of Bridge Without '. Source: Internet

Although Florida’s primary election is not until August, and the general election won’t follow until November, the state’s election supervisors are petitioning Gov. Ron DeSantis for relief from what they fear will be a severe shortage of poll workers. Source: Internet

Also, the Pennsylvania Republican Party that it is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to make sure that state officials separate late-arriving ballots and not count them before a court ruling to declare their validity. Source: Internet

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