requisitioning

present participle of requisition
as in requesting
to give a request or demand for the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople

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  • In 2022, Avery's trial lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerome Buting wrote a letter to Evers requesting clemency for Dassey.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Jesan escapes from defeat by kidnapping Ji-yeon and requesting Heon meet him alone.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Eliza Varadi, a pediatrician in South Carolina, told me that the murkiness around insurance coverage, coupled with lower demand, has prompted her practice to start ordering COVID vaccines just one box at a time—each a batch of 10 doses—to minimize the potential for loss.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The judge denied the motion, ordering the hip-hop mogul to remain in jail until sentencing.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Requisitioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requisitioning. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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