intercessions

noun

plural of intercession
as in petitions

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  1. petitions
  2. supplications
  3. prayers
  4. invocations
  5. appeals
  6. orisons
  7. entreaties
  8. pleas
Noun
  • Scores of additional online petitions have been created in recent days.
    — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In petitions for restraining orders filed last year, the couple accused each other of physical, emotional and psychological abuse going back more than a decade.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of petitions
Noun
  • There were many other signs that Xi would not readily yield to Trump’s supplications.
    — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Late nights and anxious supplications.
    — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Definition of supplications
Noun
  • Our thoughts and prayers are with the detective for a speedy recovery.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Kim, and the entire Franchione family.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of prayers
Noun
  • Throughout, Lee’s invocations imbue his subjects with an air of divinity.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of invocations
Noun
  • The appeals panel also vacated convictions stemming from accusations that Wahhaj and his brother-in-law were preparing for attacks against the government.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson was able to avoid a fine worth $13,611 that was handed down by the NFL through some creative defendant work in an NFL appeals process.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of appeals
Noun
  • Kibandi discussed with us about the power of art in creating change and how photography can be a vehicle for culture expanding orisons for girls and women.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of orisons
Noun
  • The vast majority of those levies required authorization from Springfield, which never came despite entreaties from Johnson.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Alicent makes similar entreaties to Rhaenyra, offering to divide the kingdom, with Aegon in charge of the stormlands, westerlands, the Reach and rule from Oldtown, with everything to the north going to Rhaenyra.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of entreaties
Noun
  • Shili Chen and her husband Shouyong Zhang, both 77, appeared in court briefly to ask the judge for more time before entering formal pleas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The pleas follow a new California law restricting brokers from reselling tee times at public courses.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of pleas
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