invoke
Example Sentences
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“It is not enough to invoke ethics in the abstract; robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users and a political system that does not abdicate its responsibility are required,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Mr. Auslin remarks on how opposite sides in a dispute could invoke the same text.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Shirin worries about a suspended prison sentence which the secret police could invoke at any time.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Very few of the questions focused on specific conflicts, and the candidates largely refrained from answering in concrete terms, preferring instead to invoke a commitment to the UN Charter.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
I would rewhisper all the words and sounds I had messed up earlier that morning, trying to invoke how the one girl who always wore a baby-blue cardigan would speak.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing invoke
Latin Love, Vol I: vocare
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"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
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