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evocation

[ev-uh-key-shuhn, ee-voh-key-] / ˌɛv əˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌi voʊˈkeɪ- /
NOUN
summoning
Synonyms
STRONG
conjuration invocation summons
WEAK
calling forth

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It all makes for an atypically clear and unsentimental evocation of wartime displacement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

More gripping is the author’s evocation of her ancestors’ tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

You’re taking a promenade in a rose garden filled with thorns — forgive my “Bridgerton” evocation.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

But the series’ showrunners have won over viewers by presenting Derry as an evocation of supposedly simpler times.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

“The Chief God’s purpose in the creative advance is the evocation of novel intensities. He is the lure for our feeling.”

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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