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request

[ri-kwest] / rɪˈkwɛst /




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The D.A.’s request Wednesday for another six-month delay unleashed an immediate backlash among victims, who had expected to receive their payments earlier this year and have grown weary of repeated delays.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Specific questions help reduce that power gap by signaling the boss is truly interested in the person’s input and not just making a token request.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Fidelity customers are eligible to request SpaceX IPO shares if they have at least $2,000 in their brokerage accounts.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Inside the state agency, emails obtained by ProPublica show, officials scrambled to approve the request.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Maybe he’d misspelled a word in his search request; maybe he just needed to try again.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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