solicitations

noun

plural of solicitation
as in appeals
an earnest request the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes

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Recent Examples of solicitations In addition to typical public solicitations, the mayor’s finance team took the unusual step of reaching out directly to 20 financial institutions to pitch the sale, Bomher said. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 For solicitations over $100,000, the city aims for a 30% utilization rate, either through self‑performance or certified small-business subcontractors within the five‑county region. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 Those operations sent false sweepstakes notices and astrology solicitations. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 Across the political divide, Republican solicitations are their own kind of nightmare. — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 The alert urged Americans to avoid renting jet skis in the Caribbean country and to be wary of solicitations from operators, specifically near the Cruise Port, Junkanoo Beach, Arawak Cay, and the islands east of Paradise Island. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 16 June 2026 The California lawsuit claims the text messages should be considered telephone solicitations. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 The grant solicitations, most of which are not yet public, will fund everything from the construction of immigration detention facilities and the purchase of police surveillance equipment to the hiring of law enforcement personnel. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 But Harsha said offering fewer and broader solicitations would limit the opportunities a researcher would have to propose work, lowering their chances of receiving funding. — Fiona Bork, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicitations
  1. appeals
  2. pleas
  3. prayers
  4. petitions
Noun
  • Lower courts had tossed out the last-ditch appeals to save Bruce by concluding the animal rescue lacked a concrete interest in the dog's survival sufficient to challenge the dangerousness finding by local authorities.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • If successful, the appeals could potentially lead to lower costs tied to the jury trial awards.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of appeals
Noun
  • Through May, prosecutors had charged fewer than four dozen people with crimes related to noncitizen voting, ProPublica’s analysis of DOJ data and federal court filings shows, getting convictions or guilty pleas in 14 cases.
    — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And in 2020, the Daily News reported that one Bronx gun suspect was acquitted and two others were allowed to withdraw felony guilty pleas after Habib admitted evidence in the case had been tampered with.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pleas
Noun
  • Our thoughts and prayers are with the families affected by this devastating incident.
    — Greg Norman-Diamond , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The demon Rasho-gan has taken over the shrine and corrupted worshippers’ prayers.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of prayers
Noun
  • The petition was launched on Canada's parliamentary petitions portal, where citizens and residents of Canada can set up petitions to parliament.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The move was so broken that players across the country started online petitions to try and get the EA developers to nerf Judkins' spinning.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of petitions

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