as in prayerful
asking humbly
hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters
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as in suppliant
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors
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Recent Examples of supplicant
Chris Buckley, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019
George and William used to be equals—now George is a supplicant.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010
Snuffboxes and miniature portraits were often exchanged between lovers and supplicants.
—Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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Her critics in Hong Kong derided her smiling presence in Beijing as that of a supplicant, not an autonomous leader, which illustrated the depth of the chasm between the two sides.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019
George and William used to be equals—now George is a supplicant.
—Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
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Here was the queen holding court in her presence chamber, lording it over her art-world supplicants.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010
Snuffboxes and miniature portraits were often exchanged between lovers and supplicants.
—Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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The Republican National Convention is a redemption story, a narrative of prayerful compliance.Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
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As the beat ascends, Eazi sings the title phrase with prayerful gravitas.Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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These updates were desperately needed, Pearson said, because of a rise in after-dark solicitors.Vivien Ayers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Hayes soon learned that the solicitor was representing a candidate for her own race in the 5th Congressional district, which stretches from Simsbury to Danbury to Salisbury on the New York and Massachusetts borders.Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
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Chief Critics Environmental groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity and Eagle County, Colorado, have opposed the effort to limit the scope of environmental reviews in court, arguing the petitioners’ arguments go beyond the limits the law sets out about environmental reviews.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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In the second approach, the need to pray comes from the petitioner as an expression of constant angst if God is not present.Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
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If a platform is unable to determine whether the request was made by a qualified user, the company must notify the requester that additional information is required to authenticate their request.Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
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Records relating to the investigation will be released to requesters once the investigation has concluded, Ashby has said.Chase Rogers, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Supplicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicant. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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