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Example sentences for: solicit

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It is the first citation in the OED Supplement , Volume 4 (1986), which defines the word as a “TV program lasting several hours, especially to solicit contributions,” coined by analogy from marathon . What had apparently happened was that a false analysis had divided the Olympic event into two specious morphemes, as if mar(a) meant `running' and -(a)thon meant `long' as a suffix.
GAO will usually not solicit agency comments if a report summarizes information from a recently issued GAO report.
This all happened after Clinton was advised in a DNC memo to call Smith personally to solicit a contribution.
Rather than prohibit the solicitation of campaign contributions at federal buildings, the Hatch Act should be amended to designate these "hallowed places" as the only sites at which a candidate may solicit or accept a campaign contribution.
For example, a national party committee could still coordinate the fund-raising efforts of the various state parties and exchange information, as long as it did not solicit or direct contributions to those state parties.