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solicitation

[suh-lis-i-tay-shuhn] / səˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
















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“Self-Portrait, Age 23” reveals itself through paradoxical tensions: solicitation and rebuttal, self-assuredness and humility, innocence and knowing, solidity and dissolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

A Vinted spokesperson said the sale or solicitation of stolen goods was "strictly prohibited".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Last month, the agency posted a solicitation with draft contract terms seeking 5,500 detention beds in Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania and Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Disclosure: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

They played a duet from “Zampa,” and at the earnest solicitation of everyone present followed it with the overture to “The Poet and the Peasant” Allez vous-enl Sapristir shrieked the parrot outside the door.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

Such statements, Brennan added, were different from “corrupting private agreements and solicitations historically recognized as unprotected by the First Amendment.”

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

"It cannot be stressed enough that peace and quiet is a right, and it is time to stop exposing consumers to unwanted solicitations," consumer advocacy group Que Choisir Ensemble, said in a statement.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The California lawsuit claims the text messages should be considered telephone solicitations.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

The Supreme Court has defined commercial speech as communication of the “terms of an actual or potential transaction” that has an “economic motivation”—for example, credit-card solicitations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

Lewis, who had then been two years with Mr. Jefferson as his private secretary, immediately renewed his solicitations to have the direction of the expedition.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch


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