solicitation

noun

sə-ˌli-sə-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce solicitation (audio)
Definition of solicitationnext
as in plea
an earnest request the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes

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Recent Examples of solicitation The September 2025 solicitation set a harder test than a press release. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 For solicitations over $100,000, the city aims for a 30% utilization rate, either through self‑performance or certified small-business subcontractors within the five‑county region. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 All of that is considered voter solicitation under Florida law and is required to stay outside of the polling place and from the 150-foot zone surrounding the polling place. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 In all, 12 people were arrested on suspicion of soliciting prostitution and cited for release, while another was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of solicitation and resisting arrest, according to authorities. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for solicitation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicitation
  1. plea
  2. appeal
  3. prayer
  4. petition
Noun
  • Immediately after his plea, Mangione’s lawyers filed paperwork seeking to have the state case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Friday’s big story on the cable news networks was the guilty plea of Luigi Mangione, the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of plea
Noun
  • He was sentenced to death in 1986, won an appeal for a new sentencing hearing and was again sentenced to death in 1989.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The mish-mash of different stands, for instance, at Harrogate Town’s Wetherby Road — now no longer part of the ’92’, following their relegation in May— gave the place a certain appeal, even though the National League felt a more natural home.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of appeal
Noun
  • Thank you for your messages, your prayers, your encouragement, and for standing beside our team throughout these past weeks.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Later winter sunrises could make morning prayers more difficult, particularly in parts of the Midwest and Mountain West.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of prayer
Noun
  • The petition was launched on Canada's parliamentary petitions portal, where citizens and residents of Canada can set up petitions to parliament.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But House Republican leader Vincent Candelora, who led the petition drive to defeat MacCormack, said fellow Republicans will continue to work against him.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of petition

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“Solicitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicitation. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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