by request

Idioms  

1. Also,. In response to being asked to do something. For example, The band is playing our favorite song by request. This usage replaced at request. [Late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

State law requires certain upfront payments by request.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

The room temperature can be adjusted by request — I run hot, so I asked them to turn off the heat.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Of course, any local sushi bar would serve you an omakase menu, by request, before.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2022

On Christmas Eve, it appears by request, as the final course on our Feast of Seven Fishes, prepared for my Catholic, Italian-Polish husband, by his Jewish, Russian-Polish wife.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2022

Mr. Jenson’s handwriting was so wonderful that he wrote out all the diplomas by request.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith