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requester

American  
[ri-kwest-er] / rɪˈkwɛst ər /
Or requestor

noun

  • requesters
    plural
  1. a person or organization that requests something.


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The review rejected its approach of circulating the names of requesters who had asked the same questions of several departments – a so-called round robin requester – to help it coordinate similar responses.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025

The requester argued the school’s retention policy on the video is a violation of the Public Records Act.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit revived the case in 2020, concluding: "A rebuffed request for information to which the requester is statutorily entitled is a concrete, particularized and individualized personal injury."

From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2023

In fact, according to a report by the Justice Department, less than 0.4 percent of the costs related to producing federal public records are paid for through fees collected from the requester.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022

A regard for the requester would often make one readily yield to a request, without waiting for arguments to reason one into it.

From Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The CRU, however, recorded whether requesters were members of the media and their organisation.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025

He said it was possible to abuse a loophole in Section 552C of the Freedom of Information Act, which has been used by agencies to “lie to requesters about the existence” of certain records.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024

Santa Clara and San Mateo county election officials both said they were preparing to start recounting votes on Monday, so long as they received the necessary financial deposits from the requesters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2024

"We tested an intervention that requesters can use to solicit consent in ways that are experienced as less coercive, shifting some of the burden of saying 'no' off the target," she said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024

When he was in the streets, he’d ask autograph requesters if they played chess, and if they didn’t, he refused to sign and disdainfully walked away.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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