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requisition

[rek-wuh-zish-uhn] / ˌrɛk wəˈzɪʃ ən /
NOUN
demand; application for need
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Counsel also argued that the claims about a minority protection would mean that nine councillors in Belfast could stop any decision through a valid call-in requisition.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2025

The case manager has to make a requisition, and that often follows a negotiation with the client.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2025

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

“It’s like a requisition center, Tally. Only when you get something, you have to leave something else behind as payment.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Amazon told recruiters not to call its latest move a hiring freeze, the email read, but that all open job requisitions should be closed in the coming days.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2022

The email said recruiters should tell job candidates that Amazon was not in a hiring freeze, though it went on to say all open job requisitions should be closed in the coming days.

From New York Times Oct. 4, 2022

Fearful of simmering Ukrainian nationalism, Stalin applied economic “sanctions” to regions that could not fulfill government requisitions.

From Washington Post Mar. 12, 2022

Just three months before her death, she was recognized with an award for her attention to detail and expertise in tracking and reconciling some $400,000 worth of open supply requisitions.

From Reuters Sep. 11, 2021

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 author describes how in June 1940 the Nazis requisitioned the hotel to be the home of the Abwehr, the more civilized part of the intelligence services, at least compared with the Gestapo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 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

Tens of thousands of migrants have been staying in government requisitioned hotels while they await an initial decision on their refugee status claim.

From BBC Jan. 1, 2024

Suddenly, like a jack-in-a-box, a lieutenant from the Dorsets popped up from the cellar of a municipal building that had been requisitioned for a headquarters.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The official also said Russia is requisitioning equipment due to be delivered by its defence industry to other countries.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2024

Under the requisitioning plan, some workers are ordered to go back to work to guarantee the resumption of minimum services.

From Reuters Oct. 16, 2022

In France, President Emmanuel Macron tacitly acknowledged the depletion of the government’s stockpile at the beginning of March by requisitioning all the masks in the country.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2020

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

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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