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Use "petitions" in a sentence
"I think paying people to get signatures on petitions is a bad practice."
"The officers removed the petitions from a table at the conference, and two male officers "mocked the volunteers by appearing to kiss each other," according to the complaint."
"After thresholds are reached in petitions, citizens could initiate a referendum question, and results, fairly arrived at, would be binding on the government."