as in requested
to give a request or demand for
the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople
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Recent Examples of requisitioned
Balboa Park buildings are immediately requisitioned by the Navy, including the Globe, which becomes a wartime lecture hall.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
However, with the outbreak of World War I, the British Admiralty requisitioned the ship and converted it into a floating hospital.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
However, with the outbreak of World War I, the British Admiralty requisitioned the ship and converted it into a floating hospital.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for requisitioned
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel requested records of complaints submitted through that form, which has been available since August 2024.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The civil lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges Blain has refused to produce requested public records from his private accounts, apps and devices and has deleted public records from those same sources and asked others to delete messages from him.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Cabrales-Arzola ordered a ride-hailing service just 35 minutes after entering the apartment, but neither of the women left until Pearce carried them out the following afternoon and dropped them off at different hospitals.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The divorce was finalized in February 2019, and ordered McCrary to pay $1,366 per month in child support ($916 as a base amount, plus $415 in child-care costs), according to documents obtained by PEOPLE at the time.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Requisitioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requisitioned. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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