as in prayerful
asking humbly
a soliciting tone is better when asking for lenient treatment you don't deserve
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as in begging
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as in interviewing
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information
solicited several opinions about which job he should accept
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2
as in requesting
to make a request for
always ready to solicit donations for a charity
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as in asking
to make a request of
solicited him to join the team
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as in petitioning
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
solicit the President for relief funds
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as in luring
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for "male enhancement" by shameless appeals to their vanity?
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Recent Examples of soliciting
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
The defense rested Wednesday in the federal trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, who is accused of soliciting the murder of Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino by offering cash rewards through Snapchat, according to The Associated Press.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Many of those cruel cuts and fiscally shortsighted moves might go unnoticed by Florida’s powerful elite — the people who write the big campaign checks lawmakers will be soliciting as soon as the session wraps up.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Bovino Jury picked for trial of man charged with of soliciting murder of Cmdr.
—Sara MacHi, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The actor's role will be recast, after he was officially charged Monday with one misdemeanor count of soliciting prostitution, Entertainment Weekly has learned.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday, commissioners discussed soliciting a proposal from the development community to help the city come up with a new plan for the park that would likely include a sewage lift station.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Kovar said Aumann is researching setting up another farm but is not actively soliciting funds.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Epstein was released from prison in July 2009 after serving 13 months of an 18-month sentence for soliciting prostitution from teenage girls.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
Christopher George Santanelli, 42, is being held in the Broward County Main Jail on a charge of an authority figure soliciting or engaging in a romantic relationship with a student, jail records show.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
Meanwhile, in Chicago, a man charged with soliciting the murder of Border Patrol Cmdr.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
The defense rested Wednesday in the federal trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, who is accused of soliciting the murder of Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino by offering cash rewards through Snapchat, according to The Associated Press.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Many of those cruel cuts and fiscally shortsighted moves might go unnoticed by Florida’s powerful elite — the people who write the big campaign checks lawmakers will be soliciting as soon as the session wraps up.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Bovino Jury picked for trial of man charged with of soliciting murder of Cmdr.
—Sara MacHi, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The actor's role will be recast, after he was officially charged Monday with one misdemeanor count of soliciting prostitution, Entertainment Weekly has learned.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday, commissioners discussed soliciting a proposal from the development community to help the city come up with a new plan for the park that would likely include a sewage lift station.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
Kovar said Aumann is researching setting up another farm but is not actively soliciting funds.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026
Epstein was released from prison in July 2009 after serving 13 months of an 18-month sentence for soliciting prostitution from teenage girls.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soliciting
Adjective
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The Sagrada Família was founded as an expiatory church, meaning that it would be financed by prayerful donations from people atoning for their sins.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pärt’s formulas, born out of long, prayerful periods with sacred texts, offer beauty in the warmth and friction of relationships: melody and tintinnabuli, word and the limits of language, sounds and silence.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Certainly plenty of people after Baudelaire have also navigated this conundrum, with (for the most part) less opium use and Freudian begging.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
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After a little begging and pleading, the parent could not say no, and the PetSmart trip turned into the family welcoming home a cat.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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But now, in his second retirement stint, Rivers is reportedly interviewing for the vacant Buffalo Bills coaching job.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Wiles' approach was affirmed by Vice President Vance in an interview with Chris Whipple, an expert on White House chiefs of staff who spent months interviewing Wiles and other top officials for a piece in Vanity Fair.—
Tamara Keith,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2026
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However, the situation has changed, as members of the democratic party have been requesting that the republicans remove the portion of the appropriations that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, which controls Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The village approved a resolution in December requesting the grocery store receive a Cook County Class 7D property tax incentive from the Cook County Assessor.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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This lets users keep their main work open while asking Gemini to summarize content, compare products, or organize information from multiple sites at the same time.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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In 2013, David Kidd and Emanuele Castano shifted the research goal posts by asking if reading literary fiction (as opposed to non-fiction, popular fiction, or no reading) correlated with higher scores on what’s known as theory of mind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) addressed a letter from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) petitioning for a spot in the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games for American skeleton veteran Katie Uhlaender.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The chapter, East Chicago 3046-B, resurrected itself in November 2024 after nearly a decade by petitioning the state NAACP and was regranted its charter in February, its president, Benita White Arnold, said.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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After luring her into his car under false pretenses, Wilson beat and strangled Ruiz before pushing her out of the vehicle and running her over multiple times, according to USA Today.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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In the meantime, though, amid Barca reportedly wanting a higher €10 million fee from PSG as a goodwill gesture, SPORT has explained that Luis Enrique played a huge role in luring the teenager whom Flick gave his first team debut to earlier this term.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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In November, Johnson, fed up with McNamara’s disenchantment and his pleadings for a policy shift toward negotiations, announced that the defense secretary would depart the administration to lead the World Bank—in effect, firing him.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Despite my pleading, the insurance company wouldn’t budge.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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