invoked

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Goolsbee said the analogy from the 1990s tech boom that Warsh and others have invoked “is a little harder for me to understand.”

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

That assistance arrived on March 13 from the Department of Energy, which invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act in ordering oil production from Sable’s offshore platforms and its pipelines to resume immediately.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The gasoline-heavy sales increase invoked a key question economists have weighed as tensions in the Middle East continue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The passage is often invoked by Christian conservatives in the US, and is interpreted to be a call for citizens to repent and for God to bless the nation.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

To this day the edict remains, but rarely needs to be invoked, because few are foolish enough to impersonate a scythe.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman