invoking

Example Sentences

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More and more market observers are invoking the dot-com bubble when discussing the recent run.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

In March of last year, Lively moved to dismiss Baldoni’s countersuit by invoking the California statute, arguing that it protected individuals who publicly report allegations of sexual misconduct from retaliatory defamation claims.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

As a result, many of the nontraded funds have been forced to gate their investors, invoking longstanding limits that cap quarterly redemptions at 5% of shares outstanding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

"Just the natural way you form these tight binaries, these sub-seven-day binaries, you get rid of the planet naturally, without invoking additional disruption from a nearby star or other mechanisms," Farhat said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Soon there’d be an article about her, about being a Spare, about invoking the impossible task.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega