requisition 1 of 2

as in request
something that someone insists upon having a brand-new, top-notch computer was the new science teacher's first requisition

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requisition

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verb

as in to request
to give a request or demand for the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople

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Noun
There's already significant AI use in most phases of talent acquisition, like parsing résumés, scheduling interviews, connecting candidates to job requisitions and onboarding. Fran Maxwell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 For example, rather than creating a job requisition from scratch, a hiring manager could ask a virtual agent to create one based on a similar position. Fran Maxwell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 During that same period, job applications jumped 31% — more than four times the number of requisitions, when a manager creates a new position or looks to fill an open role at a company. Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024 So, when an office employee is found to have take a stapler home, a new process for getting office supplies with requisition forms and managerial approvals is implemented. Roger Dooley, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for requisition
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Noun
  • The Treasury Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, 20, who was born in Grady County, Georgia, was held at the Leon County Jail, despite a judge being shown his birth certificate in court at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But last week, the Trump administration ordered him to halt all the lab’s ALS research immediately as part of a more than $2.2 billion federal funding freeze.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Women can order Oova kits directly and receive 30 days' worth of hormone testing.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That volume is masking deteriorating demand from key sectors - particularly domestic manufacturing, which drives more than 60% of big rig ton miles, and ocean imports.
    Lisa Baertlein, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The impact of the accelerated demand is evident in GE Vernova’s quarterly results.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Marrying Business Impact With Economics While the industry has witnessed a proliferation of smaller, specialized AI models, significant AI chip innovation remains essential to deliver the performance requirements for supporting advanced reasoning and multimodal models.
    Maribel Lopez, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Similar requirements in the past have driven producer countries to strengthen and clarify protections against deforestation.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Requisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requisition. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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