invoking

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Last used during the COVID-19 pandemic, invoking the act would make the chemicals necessary for fertilizer a national defense priority.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

In August 2022 at the Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming, Powell delivered an eight-minute speech invoking Paul Volcker and warned that driving inflation down could bring “pain.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He described his war goals as "just", invoking the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany to rally support for the military.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Even so, Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute said that the executive branch has vast discretion in immigration law, particularly when invoking national security justifications, and defense attorneys may face an uphill battle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

You cannot explain the behavior of matter—why gold gleams; why hydrogen combusts with oxygen—without invoking the atomic nature of matter.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee