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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

During Mrs Johnson Wahl's stay, she painted dozens of pieces depicting life at the hospital and upon her discharge went on to requisition a boardroom at the facility to exhibit her work.

From BBC Oct. 7, 2024

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

Taylor squinted upward at a lightening sky, “I expect he’s already under way. He advises me that there is a shoe factory in the town and his men intend to, ah, requisition some footgear. ”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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

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

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

A handful of civilians also took part, sailing out into the Channel voluntarily, while many privately own vessels - known as the Little Ships - were requisitioned by the military.

From BBC Sep. 20, 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

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Sunday, prompting possible further requisitioning of services.

From Reuters Oct. 16, 2022

Life was forged in the furnace of adversity, establishing itself by artfully requisitioning and repurposing the silver lining of misfortune.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 2021

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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