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requisition

[rek-wuh-zish-uhn] / ˌrɛk wəˈzɪʃ ən /
NOUN
demand; application for need
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The case manager has to make a requisition, and that often follows a negotiation with the client.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025

He received a postal requisition on Friday and is due to appear at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on 25 May.

From BBC ● May 16, 2023

The government on Thursday renewed a requisition order to force a fuel depot in southern France to supply the region, Reuters reported.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023

A requisition order has also been prepared for the Gonfreville site in northern France, TotalEnergies' biggest refinery in the country, but the formal notification has not been issued at this stage, the spokesperson added.

From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2023

The sentries verified the requisition and stepped aside, permitting SD-03 to roll into the cage.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, said Friday she was hoping for a return to normality “as quickly as possible,” helped by government-ordered worker requisitions at two fuel depots in western and northern France.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

It recalls, said Mr. Sytnychenko, the Soviet Union’s requisitions of grain in the 1930s that caused a famine that historians say killed at least three million Ukrainians, a tragedy known as the Holodomor.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

Intel is "pausing all hiring and placing all job requisitions on hold" in its client computing group, according to the memo sent on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2022

Recalling the colonies’ proposed alternative to the Stamp Act, the Articles allowed Congress to raise money by asking states for voluntary contributions, or requisitions, based on their land values.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Kamen submitted the list and stood by uneasily as Cooksey, who had been known to hold lengthy conferences over requisitions worth a single dollar, scrutinized every entry.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The Japanese requisitioned the ship, a luxury liner, for the war effort, and had recently used it to transport horses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The troops are requisitioned, the destroyers in place, the full moon just right, the secrecy of the invasion delicate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Large residences in the area were requisitioned by M23 leaders after they seized the city.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

The vessel was requisitioned by the British Admiralty during the war to serve as a hospital ship.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

When he had crushed his finger in the door, he had quickly, gasping into the speaker, notified his mother; she had hastily requisitioned relief-of- pain medication which had promptly been delivered to his dwelling.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

Energy ministry data on Saturday showed 27.3% of French petrol stations were facing supply problems, down from 28.5% the previous day and 30.85% on Wednesday, when requisitioning started.

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2022

That agency, reporting to the president, could enact controls like requisitioning private property and allocating materials; imposing wage, price and rent controls; rationing; and settling labor disputes.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

Authorities are requisitioning all face masks to reserve them for those infected with the virus and health workers, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

From Fox News ● Mar. 11, 2020

But requisitioning the vote at the AGM has given the long-running campaign a new voice.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2019

The warehouse keeper, busy counting out some spare engine parts to a requisitioning sergeant of the Guard, looked up briefly from his clipboard.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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