appealed

verb

past tense of appeal
as in cited

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Recent Examples of appealed It was appealed by Lifton and the PCFB and Blakeman’s ability to cure was frozen due to the appeal. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026 Louisiana appealed to our court and sought a stay pending appeal. — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 May 2026 But then federal prosecutors appealed a judge's decision granting him bond with electronic monitoring, and the judge agreed Friday to put it on hold while that appeal plays out. — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 Gilbert appealed Wilson’s ruling; however, in December 2024, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down Gilbert’s appeal, per Courthouse News Service. — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025 The White House appealed to the Supreme Court, and now the high court has agreed to examine the appeal. — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appealed
  1. cited
  2. summoned
  3. accused
  4. arraigned
  5. criticized
  6. blamed
  7. booked
  8. faulted
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  • White space opportunities like clinical skin care, clean makeup and designer fragrances are often cited by industry analysts as potential areas of growth, and there is considerable chatter about the company’s M&A strategy.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The agency cited a local news story, whose source for its reporting was an X post from conservative activist and social media influencer Scott Presler.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of cited
Verb
  • Congressional committees on occasion have summoned tech company executives — sometimes with a friendly ear, but more often to berate them.
    — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Fox summoned all its journalists in Lviv for a Zoom call, Hall wrote in Saved.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of summoned
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  • The state’s top Democrats accused the president of politicizing disaster relief.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Critics have accused the program of being riddled with fraud and abuse.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of accused
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  • Brown was subsequently arrested by the Middletown Police Department, discharged by the hospital and arraigned in Superior Court in Middletown on charges relating to the Middletown homicide.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
  • He was arraigned in Bronx Supreme Court after his arrest and ordered held without bail.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of arraigned
Verb
  • Osborn has been traveling across Nebraska to hold meetings in all 93 counties and has repeatedly criticized Ricketts for not holding town halls to meet with constituents.
    — NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Hinojosa has campaigned on her tenure as a civil rights lawyer and criticized Abbott’s crime policies as violating civil liberties.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • Nuñez defended police tactics despite a growing number of severe injuries blamed on officers' riot-control weapons.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than point to the comments, however, Cruz blamed fans who attempted to force their way through the entrance of the stadium before the game.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of blamed
Verb
  • Gibson spent several days in the ICU before he was booked on charges of illegally possessing a gun and felony resisting arrest.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But the Bakkers also booked unlikely celebrities, including singer Little Richard, Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt.
    — John Wigger, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of booked
Verb
  • That contrasts with the FAA, which the NTSB has faulted for failing to implement roughly one-third of the recommendations to that safety regulator.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Some students at the event blamed Cornell officials for not doing enough to protect the former student, identified as Jane Doe, while others faulted university investigators and broader institutional issues, including fraternity culture.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of faulted

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“Appealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealed. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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