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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North Korean state media also confirmed that Kim was attending the parade at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Stella Kim, NBC news, 29 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
Other congressional conservatives have also aired sharp criticisms of Israel’s war strategy, suggesting the starvations are intentional almost exactly one year after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress at the invitation of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 31 July 2025
So, in 1914, Amy and her two daughters (Amelia and Muriel) came to Chicago at the invitation of friends and lived in the Beverly neighborhood home of their friends.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
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Stella Kim, NBC news, 29 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
Other congressional conservatives have also aired sharp criticisms of Israel’s war strategy, suggesting the starvations are intentional almost exactly one year after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress at the invitation of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 31 July 2025
So, in 1914, Amy and her two daughters (Amelia and Muriel) came to Chicago at the invitation of friends and lived in the Beverly neighborhood home of their friends.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
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