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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  • Republicans have cited social media posts from his half-sister that appear to refer to his mother’s engagement with the group.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For the third straight year, BNY found that AI ranked as the most compelling investment theme for the next five years, cited by 68% of respondents.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cited
Verb
  • Video footage of that night was captured by Lopez’s younger sister, who was outside with her brother smoking on the front lawn of their parents’ home when the two officers arrived and summoned Lopez out into the street, according to Kremer.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • When Georg discards the item and it is found by the police, Fritz is summoned to Westhofen to identify it.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of summoned
Verb
  • The Republican billionaire accused of fueling an infestation of rats in Chicago.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In more recent times, moreover, the first steps taken by the Third Reich toward the Holocaust began with the economic boycott of the Jews, who were accused of harming the businesses and positions of their Aryan counterparts.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of accused
Verb
  • He was arraigned Friday afternoon on a murder charge, Sacramento Superior Court records showed.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Fitzgerald was arraigned Thursday and taken to the Bucks County Correctional Facility.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of arraigned
Verb
  • The article also cites Pan Jinyu, a Chinese-speaking tour guide in London, who criticized the lack of coverage by UK media.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Others criticized how quickly the store went into defensive mode.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticized
Verb
  • The city's medical examiner, Charles Norris, blamed the federal government's practice of adding toxic substances to industrial alcohol, including those involving methyl alcohol, also known as methanol, which can cause blindness and death.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Other adolescents have also suffered life-changing injuries blamed on police weaponry during protests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of blamed
Verb
  • The three men were booked into the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston County.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The four men were booked with conspiracy to commit a crime and theft.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of booked
Verb
  • They’re slammed for touting wrinkles, and they’re faulted for getting filler and a facelift.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of faulted

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