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to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
we should be prepared for the possibility that any solution may invoke another set of problems
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Recent Examples of invoked
Kennedy has also repeatedly invoked the Holocaust when describing vaccination policies, including in 2015 while promoting an anti-vaccine documentary.
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William Gavin, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
Walz’s comments seem to be the first time either candidate has brought up trans issues in a public forum without being pushed to do so, two months into a campaign that has frequently invoked LGBTQ+ rights in general but provided few specifics on trans rights in particular.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 18 Oct. 2024
The judge invoked sentencing enhancements to add eight years to the minimum 20 years to life sentence that a jury set in August after finding Robert Telles guilty of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German outside German’s home during Labor Day weekend in 2022.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
On the side of the lab-leak theory—that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a facility rather than being transmitted from wild animals to humans—some commentators have invoked Occam’s razor.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
In the segment, Maher invoked a host of Islamophobic tropes, made a joke about exploding pagers in Lebanon, and threw in an anti-trans barb for good measure.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Now applied to adversaries like Russia and China, the doctrine was invoked symbolically in 1962 when the Soviet Union began to build missile-launching sites in Cuba.
—Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024
The movie clearly argues, however, that the Jekyll-and-Hyde conceit invoked by Arthur’s advocates is a dangerous fantasy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
The word is frequently invoked at the Tsinandali Festival.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
William Gavin, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
Walz’s comments seem to be the first time either candidate has brought up trans issues in a public forum without being pushed to do so, two months into a campaign that has frequently invoked LGBTQ+ rights in general but provided few specifics on trans rights in particular.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 18 Oct. 2024
The judge invoked sentencing enhancements to add eight years to the minimum 20 years to life sentence that a jury set in August after finding Robert Telles guilty of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German outside German’s home during Labor Day weekend in 2022.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
On the side of the lab-leak theory—that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a facility rather than being transmitted from wild animals to humans—some commentators have invoked Occam’s razor.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
In the segment, Maher invoked a host of Islamophobic tropes, made a joke about exploding pagers in Lebanon, and threw in an anti-trans barb for good measure.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Now applied to adversaries like Russia and China, the doctrine was invoked symbolically in 1962 when the Soviet Union began to build missile-launching sites in Cuba.
—Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024
The movie clearly argues, however, that the Jekyll-and-Hyde conceit invoked by Arthur’s advocates is a dangerous fantasy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
The word is frequently invoked at the Tsinandali Festival.
—Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invoked
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Reportedly, Becker obtained the answers to the puzzles in the early 2020s and subsequently created a Discord server to revitalize interest in the treasure hunt.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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For each service ticket, there’s a range of data available, including when the ticket was created and resolved, where multi-hops occurred and where the service process stalled or ran into difficulties.Shoeb Javed, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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As for texts, almost all messages sent between iPhones should be encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s iMessage system, and Google’s implementation of the RCS standard has brought end-to-end encryption to most Android-to-Android messaging.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Our main concerns are identity authentication and ensuring that content generated on our platform is appropriate and in line with content guidelines.Quora, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Tom Hatten, the founder of Mountainside Fitness who is leading the campaign for the Back the Blue Act, said the measure would show first responders they are supported in Arizona at a time when policing across the nation has generated intense scrutiny.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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SpaceX’s beefs with regulators over policies, timelines and recent environmental and safety violations have spawned broad speculation about when Starship could next fly from South Texas.Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Hip males in their 20s and dads in business suits stop by in equal measure to touch the luxe calfskin of the boot-sneaker with the exaggerated tongue that has spawned countless copycats.Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
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Including the deluxe re-release, that era of her career produced a trio of Hot 100 leaders, as well as another two top 10s, which was a massive accumulation at the time.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Not long ago, the killing of humanitarian workers produced outraged headlines.Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Invoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invoked. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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