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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Trump will be the first American president to have been invited for two state visits; his first took place at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022.
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Colin Meyn, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
North Korean state media also confirmed that Kim was attending the parade at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar pressed China on the Brahmaputra dam during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week, part of Wang's two-day official visit to India at the invitation of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the ministry said in a statement.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
In 2022, he was elected to the Senate after joining the Democratic Center at the invitation of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, to whom he was not related.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
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Colin Meyn, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
North Korean state media also confirmed that Kim was attending the parade at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar pressed China on the Brahmaputra dam during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week, part of Wang's two-day official visit to India at the invitation of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the ministry said in a statement.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
In 2022, he was elected to the Senate after joining the Democratic Center at the invitation of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, to whom he was not related.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
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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 1 Oct. 2025.
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