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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

"The first requisition for reconciliation is truth," he said.

From BBC Mar. 2, 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

The requisition is for three employees per shift and is valid for 48 hours as needed, the French energy ministry said.

From Reuters Mar. 21, 2023

“There you go. Your twice-monthly requisition, right on schedule.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

After launching requisitions at some refineries to get gas back into tanks, government officials said it plans more as soon as Tuesday.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 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

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

But for a while, I worked there in the Dover Street Yard, helping to load food requisitions onto the trains.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

The airport was requisitioned by police for days, and then turned into a makeshift courtroom Sunday as judges, lawyers and interpreters filled the terminal to carry out emergency hearings to determine next steps.

From Seattle Times Dec. 25, 2023

But the entire national supply of copper had been requisitioned for other war needs, and not even Groves’s bullishness could overcome that cold fact.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

From BBC Feb. 21, 2024

Veran said the government could order the requisitioning of staff to end the petrol depot blockades, and that it could again dip into the country's strategic reserves of fuel if needed.

From Reuters Oct. 11, 2022

She added: “The employer ignored the spirit of my directive by unilaterally requisitioning the installation of a postal mailbox.”

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2021

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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