invocation
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“The invocation of national security is not a magic incantation that suspends the rule of law,” they added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
He has a well-documented history of trafficking in conspiracy theories himself, which made his ambiguous invocation of federal involvement a kind of implicit validation to conspiracy theorists that there might be more to the story.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Shot in only one day and clocking in around eight minutes, the final scene feels as much like a seance or invocation as a piece of drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
OpenAI’s app developer terms don’t guarantee discoverability, but the company said it is experimenting with ways to surface apps more directly within conversations, without explicit invocation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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
We’ve had somewhere around 30 invocations of the statute across American history.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2026
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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