invoking

VERB

call upon

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appeal to conjure

STRONG

adjure beg beseech crave entreat implore importune petition plead pray request solicit summon supplicate

WEAK

call forth send for

Antonyms

STRONG

answer give reply

VERB

put into effect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apply enforce resort to

STRONG

effect implement initiate use

WEAK

call in have recourse to

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore neglect

Example Sentences

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More and more market observers are invoking the dot-com bubble when discussing the recent run.

From Barron's • May 7, 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

“They believe that they were the Middle Kingdom,” he says, invoking the Qing Dynasty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"Just the natural way you form these tight binaries, these sub-seven-day binaries, you get rid of the planet naturally, without invoking additional disruption from a nearby star or other mechanisms," Farhat said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

All the way through I had expected my parents to stop her, invoking, if nothing else, the nearness of the neighbors.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson