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Recent Examples of conjuration Most of the recipients dismissed the composer as a crank, but a few were spellbound by his transcendentalist conjurations, and a cult began to grow. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 Theater is a more symbolic space, a conjuration of lights and plywood, which offered Comer a kind of freedom. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023 King pointed me to his conjuration of Haures, Duke of Hell and commander of thirty-six legions, known better as the Egyptian deity Horus. Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 Perhaps the devil could be cornered during some secret ceremony of conjuration after the show on the tour bus . . . Bob Larsen, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjuration
Noun
  • If your containers excessively dried out during one of the recent spells of hot weather, your annuals may have been damaged and may need some tender loving care to recover.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That excitement might explain the band’s impressively productive spell during the pandemic, during which Weezer released six albums, including the Van Weezer project and the four album saga, Seasons.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Strong interest from Brazil’s Palmeiras had a certain appeal — Paraguay team-mates Ramon Sosa and Gustavo Gomez, who captains club and country, are with the Sao Paulo side — but the preference, for Enciso and his camp, was to remain in Europe.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • On Wednesday night, the president asked the Supreme Court to quickly accept and rule on an appeal seeking to overturn the lower court decision.
    Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a little bit of mystery with the spirits, incantations and rituals.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
  • How to turn a human into a statistic, an alien, an enemy combatant–transformations worked not through incantation, but through the movement of paper in government offices.
    Celia Bell July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • In late June, McNair announced his decision to not seek re-election in 2026, after a few months of prayer, thoughts and conversations.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Congregant Rita Cartwright is convinced the building was otherwise spared from devastation because a prayer group at the church recently returned from hiatus.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The president’s unorthodox and unprecedented invocation of IEEPA to impose sweeping duties has been the point of contention at the center of multiple lawsuits brought in recent months.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable.
    Peter Smith, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Rebecca and Jake Haro made a brief appearance at the Riverside Hall of Justice in California to enter a not guilty plea to murder charges on Thursday morning.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In July 2024, the DOJ and Boeing reached a plea agreement that O’Connor rejected.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Evidence showed Wendi’s resentment after a judge denied her 2013 petition to relocate her sons away from Markel in Tallahassee to South Florida to be near her brother and parents.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Dash filed his voluntary petition Thursday and posted about it Friday on Instagram.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Conjuration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjuration. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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