How to Use solicitation in a Sentence

solicitation

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  • Begin with the links in the solicitation text and follow that journey through the receipt of the gift.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Last week, the city closed the books on the second solicitation window.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The solicitation noted that the sports arena parcels are zoned for a total of 2,112 units.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Formal charges have yet to be filed in connection to the solicitation sting.
    — Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2022
  • She was charged with one count of solicitation to commit murder, a class C felony.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 7 June 2023
  • Weaver was tried before a jury and found guilty of solicitation to murder in March 2020.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2024
  • Wein was arrested and pleaded guilty last month to charges of solicitation for murder and use of a computer to commit a crime.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Electronic solicitation of a child is a Class B felony, and Powell could receive a sentence between two and 15 years in state prison if convicted of the charge.
    — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Rather than ignore the questioner, whose solicitation elicited boos and hisses from the audience, Biden didn’t just fail to reject the premise.
    — The Editors, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
  • No solicitation or sales by any vendors are allowed from any public roadway or right-of-way.
    — Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The firm’s work, overseen by the Downtown Partnership at the Prebys Foundation’s expense, is meant to help the city fill in the blanks of its forthcoming solicitation.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • But Senate aides and a contract solicitation published by the Sergeant at Arms’ office confirmed the chamber uses the same system.
    — Leah Nylen, Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
  • As of last week, Bowers was still raising money for her Texas House campaign through email solicitations.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • There are no details in the report about where the prostitution solicitation occurred or the names of the officials involved.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2021
  • After declining the team's request for more time, the city was set to issue a third solicitation when Wilson offered to buy the property last spring.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2022
  • McFadden was set to stand trial on charges of solicitation of a minor at 9 a.m. Monday but failed to show up, according to court records.
    — Tina Burnside, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • At the end of last week the Canadian court approved a sales and investment solicitation process which formally put the Dynamic group on the market.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • She is charged with two counts of solicitation to commit murder and is being held at the county’s Main Detention Center.
    — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
  • This Burke study will be the second lakefront-specific solicitation by City Hall in recent weeks.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The fresh brands — chosen after a public solicitation process for proposals — would be part of new 10-year agreements.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
  • An officer found it at 3:38 p.m. in front of a home on Wintergreen Drive, where a man was advised about the village solicitation ordinance.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 31 July 2022
  • Within hours of the jury’s pronouncement, Mr. Biden sent the first of several solicitations to supporters along the lines of Mr. Tyler’s comments.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 31 May 2024
  • The charitable solicitation laws in Maryland are in place to prevent rips-offs.
    — Adam Andrzejewski, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Residents whose homes burned to the ground received solicitations from off-island real estate investors to scoop up their land.
    — CBS News, 25 June 2024
  • O'Donnell pleaded guilty to solicitation of capital murder, for plotting murder-for-hire hits from her cell, first degree murder and abuse of a corpse.
    — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In 2019, Kraft was charged with two counts of solicitation of a prostitute, but those charges were later dropped because of a technicality.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
  • This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or constitute a solicitation of an offer to buy.
    — Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • Chandravongsri was not satisfied with the response, saying Kurian’s claims clashed with the military language of the US government’s bid solicitation, which talked of the need to take on China.
    — WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022
  • A week later, Hansen, the girls coach, resigned due to personal reasons in the wake of an arrest and citation for solicitation of prostitution.
    — Zac Bellman, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2023
  • Four of those were charged as procuring prostitution and one was charged as solicitation of prostitution, the report found.
    — NBC News, 21 Dec. 2021

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