1
as in to survey
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information
solicited several opinions about which job he should accept
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2
as in to seek
to make a request for
always ready to solicit donations for a charity
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as in to ask
to make a request of
solicited him to join the team
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4
as in to beg
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
solicit the President for relief funds
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as in to tempt
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for "male enhancement" by shameless appeals to their vanity?
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Recent Examples of solicit
According to a June 2022 criminal complaint, Wooton conducted business on behalf of Crossroads Remodeling LLC, soliciting remodeling contracts from homeowners in Hennepin, Sherburne and Wright counties.
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025
The fine print for the Friday's invitation says the president is attending as a guest speaker and not soliciting donations.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
In 2008, months before he was sworn in to his San Diego council seat, the city Ethics Commission fined DeMaio $1,500 for wrongly soliciting donations from city employees.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
As always, Billboard does not solicit any sort of compensation for music or artist promotion.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2025
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025
The fine print for the Friday's invitation says the president is attending as a guest speaker and not soliciting donations.
—Arden Farhi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025
In 2008, months before he was sworn in to his San Diego council seat, the city Ethics Commission fined DeMaio $1,500 for wrongly soliciting donations from city employees.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
As always, Billboard does not solicit any sort of compensation for music or artist promotion.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solicit
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Staff have recently been surveyed about their experiences.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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That poll surveyed 1,600 people, with a margin of error of 3.4 percent.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek sought email comment from the Department of Education and the Department of Government Efficiency.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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From the beginning of his political career, Bukele sought to project a forcefulness that would stand in contrast to El Salvador’s seemingly innocuous, ineffective political class.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, and Mark Schlereth ask whether this was the worst trade in NFL and major sports history.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her mom has successfully kept her isolated from her grandfather even though Hazel has asked a lot about him and shown interest in getting to know him.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The couple quickly went public, begging for information or for whomever might have taken her to leave her at a hospital, church, a fire station.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2025
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That’s just from begging a bum-a– dude to buy me flowers, to just having so much fruition in my career.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2025
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Category extension: Beyond time pieces, time objects Being resilient also means finding new ways to be relevant for consumers who might have an abundant watch collection and might be much more difficult to tempt with new ones.—
Stéphane JG Girod,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Again, Lewandowski is coming short and tempting the right-sided centre-back higher up the pitch.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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The aircraft will be sent to an NTSB facility, and investigators are gathering video and interviewing witnesses as part of the agency's probe into the crash, according to Gibson.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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McMath declined to be interviewed and did not answer questions concerning the impact of his legislation.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
10 Apr. 2025
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After requesting and being granted his release from the Professional Fighters League, Pitbull signed with the UFC and has landed a major fight on one of the year’s biggest cards.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The prosecution requested that they be addressed using pseudonyms during trial.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Legendary invited Minecraft influencers to the set, gave them shout-outs in the movie, and invited 30 of them to the London world premiere.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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As previously reported, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz last month invited The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat in which top Trump administration officials discussed a plan for bombing Houthi targets in Yemen.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Solicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solicit. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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