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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

Every month, he filled out coffee requisition forms in triplicate.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

The memo circulated on Wednesday said Grab would "freeze the majority of current open job requisitions which are not in offer stage".

From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022

The news came out Tuesday after The New York Times reviewed an email Amazon sent to recruiters informing them that all open job requisitions in that division should be closed in the coming days.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 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

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2022

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 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

Djibouti has become Somalia's most frequent venue for 'home' games during almost four decades in exile, during which time their stadium in Mogadishu was repeatedly requisitioned for military use.

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

The military must have requisitioned all the lorries.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"If there are very tense situations tomorrow... we will also carry out requisitioning," Borne said, calling for an end to the strike.

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 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

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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