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evocation

[ev-uh-kay-shuhn, ee-voh-kay-] / ˌɛv əˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌi voʊˈkeɪ- /
NOUN
summoning
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Love the evocation of Harlem as a place with a cool interconnected community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

A thrilling evocation of 1980s New York, where hip-hop groups and fashion designers would hang out with Lou Reed and David Byrne.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

In transforming the nocturne into “an evocation of the restful character of evening,” Field endowed it with an intimate tone that appealed to Romantic sensibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 6, 2026

More than merely tall, his tower was grace frozen in iron, as much an evocation of the spirit of the age as Chartres had been in its time.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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