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invocation

[in-vuh-key-shuhn] / ˌɪn vəˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Garbus’ invocation of Aaron Spelling’s prime-time soap in her title can’t be accidental.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Any invocation of the act will almost certainly be challenged in court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The film’s repeated invocation of its own title in different contexts is another instance of adding too many eggs to the custard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

He stumbled early by irritating Chief Justice John Roberts with a heavy-handed invocation of Dames & Moore v.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025

But he himself had made the invocation useless, a ruined totem of a lost golden age.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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