Thesaurus results for INVOCATION

invocation

noun

ˌin-və-ˈkā-shən

as in spell

a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil

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Recent Examples of invocation De la Torre’s invocation of his rights, according to his attorneys, should have been enough to halt the proceedings. —

Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2024 Timothée Chalamet, who portrays Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown, took Dylan's invocation quite literally. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024 Then-President Harry Truman had continued Roosevelt’s invocation of the act for years after the war’s end. —

Maria Ramirez Uribe, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Oct. 2024 Instead of invoking LLMs repeatedly on similar queries, previous invocations can work well in some contexts, like FAQ responses. —

Naren Narendran, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for invocation

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According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the cold spell brought Chicago's air temperature down to a bone-chilling minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit on January 21.

— Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Eowyn will also bring rain showers and longer spells of rain across the north of Ireland, according to forecasters, and there was a chance of hail and snow in the hills of Scotland.

— Claire Moses, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025