as in requests
to make a request for
she has already spoken for the position, so it should go to her
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The restaurant requests that customers wear business casual or dressy evening wear, according to the 1587 Prime website.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025 -
The museum requests that people enter through the coach-house door located off the Royall Place driveway.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Delhi seeks to engage whoever is in power in Afghanistan as a counterbalance to Pakistan.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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That pact is now broken, and as the school seeks alternative routes, several researchers worry that some of the most important science will be the fastest to fall by the wayside.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Speaks (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaks%20%28for%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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