conjure (up)

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as in to summon
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to conjure up the courage to ask the boss for a raise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure (up)
Verb
  • In a visual narrative medium (a play, a film, a TV show) everything a character thinks, feels, believes, remembers, imagines, the audience must infer from what the actor is doing with body and face and voice.
    Benjamin Hale June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • But why should God be imagined as human—heavens, dogs are nobler creatures, to say nothing of whales or oak trees—and why as a man?
    Campbell McGrath, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • Historically, most performers have developed their art by being taken under the wings of friends as part of drag families or drag houses, or by practicing at home and summoning the courage to sign up for open sets at bars.
    David Mack, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
  • The Angels summoned Moore, a second baseman, on June 13 in Baltimore.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • And club captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen is first on the list of those the club would like to see leave before the end of the transfer window.
    Pol Ballús, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Lorde keeps it casual in New York as she is seen outside of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on June 24.
    Grace Harrington, People.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Pam’s family and friends gathered in the courthouse in Broomfield, Colorado, just outside Boulder in April of 2019.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • However, runoff from these earlier heavy rain will gather in streams and other low-lying areas and is expected to prompt flash flooding.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • The seminars serve as a way to help students envision themselves as being successful and create more self-confidence.
    Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
  • For some students, in place of bachelor’s and master’s programs, Reece envisions a kind of AI vocational school that teaches students how to apply AI to their specific career interests.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Unplanned outages might require a little more time for the grid to get up and running again.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 24 June 2025
  • With plenty of significant MLB, WNBA and Club World Cup matchups taking place on Tuesday, now is a good time to get up and running with the latest BetMGM Sportsbook welcome offer.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • He was also pictured with the look in his GQ summer issue cover that was released at the end of May.
    Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 17 June 2025
  • Senator Lindsey Graham is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 20.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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“Conjure (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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