requisition
noun
the act of requiring or demanding.
was requisitioning
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past progressiveof requisition.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Brigadier General Le Van Kim, a top strategist, is occupied by administrative chores; last week one of his staff's chief projects was requisitioning three typewriters.
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