SUBMISSIONS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

submissions

noun

plural of submission

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the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors

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Recent Examples of submissions Swift is not alone in splitting her chances with different submissions. — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 However, if a performer like Fielder did want to still try and go for it, the Actor Awards do have a petition process governed by their Awards Committee, who determine all the rules and regulations, eligibility and submissions. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026 During the financial crisis, regulators became aware that some banks were making artificially low Libor submissions to make their institutions seem more creditworthy, or submitting fake numbers to achieve a rate that better suited them. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 GPTZero also scanned 300 of the roughly 20,000 submissions to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and found more than 50 hallucinated citations. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 In fact, when the Chicago Horror Film Festival begins Friday at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema in Lakeview, its schedule of 150 films — mostly shorts, a few features — will have been culled from more than 650 submissions. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 But commissioners were not convinced that 450 submissions from residents necessarily meant that the name should be set in stone. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 At research-intensive institutions, critical knowledge is often distributed across specialized offices, sponsor websites, internal guidance, prior submissions and experienced staff. — Mayank Kejriwal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The decision is sure to raise some eyebrows, as have many previous Globes musical or comedy submissions, including those mentioned above and, most famously, The Martian. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

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surrenders

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The surrenders reflect a broader challenge the organization is seeing among pet owners, as rising veterinary and other care costs, along with housing restrictions, put increasing pressure on families trying to care for their animals.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Animal shelters across Maryland are calling for donations, adoptions and volunteers amid an uptick in pet surrenders this summer.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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