Thesaurus results for REQUISITIONING

requisitioning

verb

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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According to a statement from the Winter Park Police Department, officers were contacted by a soccer league official requesting a response to a disturbance between the parents of a player and league staff.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The company filed a complaint to the European Commission in May requesting an anti-dumping probe into Chinese imports of the active ingredient used in the antibiotic amoxicillin.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

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Clarifying the technical pack, preparing the lay plan, sampling, costing, and ordering fabric can consume more resources than the production run itself.

— Jessica Binns, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Mureish, 49, who put his life savings into the house, told NBC News that Israeli soldiers gave his family just minutes to collect their valuables and identity documents before ordering them out.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026

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