invoke
Example Sentences
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"Pray, invoke Almighty God and hope that your prayers will be answered," he told the worshippers.
From Barron's
Multiple sources have told the BBC that they intend to invoke little-used parliamentary procedures to force a vote in the coming months.
From BBC
Companies have invoked AI in tens of thousands of layoffs in the last year, although some economists have suggested that another rationale for job cuts has been overhiring during the pandemic.
Because unlimited debate was the tradition of the Senate, cloture was invoked only five times in the first approximately 50 years of its existence.
The image invokes a children’s coloring book with darker undertones, blending various cartoon and drawing styles to depict Adam and Eve in paradise.
From Los Angeles Times
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