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invocation

[in-vuh-key-shuhn] / ˌɪn vəˈkeɪ ʃən /


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The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Despite a halfhearted invocation of those words here, nearly every scene of the movie is a disappointment.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

While neither of the “Devil Wears Prada” movies revolve around Christianity, the invocation of the devil taps into an older moral rhetoric.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Garbus’ invocation of Aaron Spelling’s prime-time soap in her title can’t be accidental.

From Salon Mar. 14, 2026

It was a simple invocation of hope, a call to persist.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Often, the invocations of doubling and role swapping seem hypothetical.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The event included interfaith invocations, musical performances and block party-style celebrations along Broadway’s “Canyon of Heroes,” drawing attention to the city’s cultural and political diversity.

From Salon Jan. 1, 2026

Comparisons to the late-1990s dot-com bubble abound, as do invocations of the crash that followed.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

The extent to which this testimony negates the negative legal inferences one could draw from his first round of Fifth Amendment privilege invocations remains to be seen.

From Slate May 11, 2023

The ceremony continued for some time, with more perambulations and exchanges of secret passwords and hand signs, more invocations and singing, until C.P. found himself at last standing before the large central altar.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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