invoking

Example Sentences

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“We’re going to have a more fluid relationship to housing,” he says, invoking the Zipcar model of car sharing and the Airbnb model of short-term rentals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Police Chief Gene Harris, however, kept the shooting video under wraps for nearly 10 months by invoking an exception to state law requiring police shootings be released, citing an investigation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Indeed, there are notable advantages in invoking the clause as a reaction to Callais.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The attorney general faults OpenAI for failing to put in place stricter rules to verify users' ages, invoking legal statutes on deception and negligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The man raises his dark eyes to look at Adolf Hitler's portrait, as if invoking the Führer's blessing over his class.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti