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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My first trip to IAS was 16 years ago, at the invitation of Adventures of the Mind, an organization devoted to creating mentorship opportunities for promising high-school students. Joshua Bennett, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026 David, a professional boxer, has come on charter at the invitation of his friend primary Cameron. 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 See All Example Sentences for at the invitation of

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“At the invitation of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20invitation%20of. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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