at the invitation of
idiom
: due to having been invited by
She attended the fund-raiser at the invitation of the committee chairperson.
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David, a professional boxer, has come on charter at the invitation of his friend primary Cameron.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
And Gisele Bündchen, who flew in at the invitation of her close friend Sheikha Mayassa, worked the room before taking the stage to present the Fashion Tech Award.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
Left, came back about a year or two later at the invitation of Prime Minister Rama to talk about this and see if there was a solution.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Francis had planned to mark it with his own trip to Turkey in May at the invitation of Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
And Gisele Bündchen, who flew in at the invitation of her close friend Sheikha Mayassa, worked the room before taking the stage to present the Fashion Tech Award.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
Left, came back about a year or two later at the invitation of Prime Minister Rama to talk about this and see if there was a solution.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Francis had planned to mark it with his own trip to Turkey in May at the invitation of Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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