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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

Before she headed to the locker room, Burrell thanked everyone and called out a cheerful invocation, “Successful first game!”

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

But Mr. Beshear’s invocation of it is misdirection.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

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

From Salon Mar. 14, 2026

When I chuckled at the older woman’s invocation of the parable, she laughed, too.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

We’ve had somewhere around 30 invocations of the statute across American history.

From Slate Jan. 16, 2026

Tina Brown called American Canto “absurdly pretentious,” wincing at its repeated invocations of Joan Didion’s unsettling Santa Ana winds.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 6, 2025

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

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

It is clear from the context of her repeated invocations that she uses Venn diagrams to clarify complicated situations.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2024

They spoke of finding-spells, and invocations, and those Answerable Questions which only the Master Patterner of Roke can ask.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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