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
Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The supplicants clustered outside the enormous closed doors.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
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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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Snuffboxes and miniature portraits were often exchanged between lovers and supplicants.
—Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The supplicants clustered outside the enormous closed doors.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
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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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In Cambria County outside Pittsburgh, there were reports of malfunctions with voting machines that the county solicitor confirmed was the result of a software glitch.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Two members of the victims' family also watched along with solicitor Barry Barnette, who was on the prosecution team that convicted Moore.JEFFREY COLLINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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The authors of lot oracles came prepared for petitioners’ implicit doubt.Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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To date, his PAC has neither released the names of its signatories nor their number, which is typically something petitioners do to demonstrate how popular the idea is.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Oct. 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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The most frequent of the three requesters, Aamot, whose online bio describes him as a former psychological operations planner with the Army’s Special Operations Command, submitted some FOIAs on behalf of the Heritage Foundation and others for the Daily Signal.Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Supplicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicant. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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