solicitation
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A solicitation to contractors posted by the agency after the court hearing described a project of modular units of 120 to 390 square feet with bathrooms and kitchenettes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
All this for a mere solicitation to buy a Medicare Advantage plan from a big insurer.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
Prosecutors had sought an arrest warrant for Han on four charges including improper solicitation and graft, and occupational embezzlement.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
Each tribute is also a plea, and the book as a whole is a solicitation: It’s past time for us to truly see these beings, recognize their majesty, and step up, finally, to protect them.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024
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
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