solicit
verb
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What object does solicit take?
When used as a transitive verb, solicit can take as an object either the thing being requested or the source from which the thing is requested:
Enterprising capitalists have been soliciting funds on the Internet for years, turning to a passel of sites like Kickstarter to aggregate small commitments from like-minded individuals on behalf of a new idea or worthy cause.
Dave Flessner, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, 5 Nov. 2015County supervisors and staff spent much of the remainder of the board retreat planning for a series of focus groups that will solicit community input for the strategic plan.
Carmen Forman, The Roanoke Times, 31 Jan. 2016They could be so nimble because they aggressively solicited a small group of doubters and broadcast their misgivings as if they were based on rigorous and systematic research.
Allan M. Brandt, The Cigarette Century, 2007They are among the 9,500 volunteers, says the campaign, who have signed up to solicit their friends and families by hosting individual fund-raising Web pages for Obama.
Karen Tumulty, Time, 16 July 2007
Examples of solicit in a Sentence
Nikole Killion, CBS News, 1 June 2024
Trump himself used the verdict to solicit donations from supporters.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Although WeWork included a noncompete clause in Neumann’s 2019 exit agreement that prevented him from competing with or soliciting the company, the clause expired last October, and Neumann had been aggressively pursuing a takeover bid, reportedly promising to beat any competing offer by 10%.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 28 May 2024
According to roaster Andrew Schulz, another subject that was supposed to be off limits during the Brady roast was Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s 2019 arrest for allegedly soliciting prostitution in a Florida massage parlor.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 May 2024
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“Solicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicit. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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