1
as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
the preposterous claim that he could raise the spirits of the dead with a mystical conjuration
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as in appeal
an earnest request
a conjuration for divine guidance during a time of national crisis
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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.
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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
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
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At Barclays Center, Florence + the Machine gather participants to complete the spell-casting circle of their mystic and witchy art-pop (April 21-22, 24).—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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My boredom typically spurs feelings of frustration, guilt, shame—and long nutritionless spells of goggling, slack-jawed, at celebrity news on my phone while the world throbs around me.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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The neighborhood/area Nagatacho won't land on many sightseeing itineraries—this is Tokyo's political district—but that's part of the appeal here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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Last September, Del Mar council members voted unanimously against considering an appeal of the Seaside Ridge application.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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The latest incantation of NVLink provides a scale-up fabric at 3.6 TB/s per GPU, supporting all-to-all collectives in network.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Fireflies blipped and burned out, and the cicadas joined in an incantation that crescendoed into an ancient whirr.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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Dent answered that, with a 35-foot end-of-shot-clock prayer that found nylon, because, of course.—
Aaron Heisen,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
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Worshippers arriving for the day's first prayers found the damage and a smoldering fire that spewed black smoke across the entrance of the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in the town of Tell, near Nablus, and stained the ornate doorway.—
AREF TUFAHA,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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For an artist who has spent a lifetime collapsing the distance between art and life, this director’s cut is both summation and fresh invocation.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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Prosecutors said Yoon had not shown remorse and there remained a risk that his invocation of emergency martial law could be repeated in future.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Robinson has not yet entered a plea.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Trinidad accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Larry Yellin.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
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There are questions about whether Ruiz will be allowed on the ballot after a challenge was filed against his nominating petitions.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the petition for Rother’s second motion to dismiss of the day — Kirkland and all of the attorneys present agreed that the two cases were virtually identical — Rother argued that the case against the agent should be dismissed even if the alleged scheme were true.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
27 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Conjuration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjuration. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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