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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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Treating against the parents’ wishes would entail calling state authorities and requesting an emergency removal.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Neither Schaeffer nor Matthews immediately responded to a phone call requesting their thoughts on the building’s future.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

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