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
  • Even though no one ever could have imagined it at the time, the Yankees weren’t going to win Torre one more Series, weren’t even going to make it back there even after having led three games to none.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025
  • Growing up, the Chicago native never imagined a career rearing dozens of Gloucestershire Old Spots pigs in Klevenville, Wisconsin — an agricultural enclave surrounded by creeping neighborhoods of the state’s capital and surrounding communities.
    Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Initially, DeSales University professor Marie Bolger had also been summoned to court, but her name was removed from a later filing.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
  • Gi-hun summons his courage and spirit in his final moments, defending his values even as his mission decisively fails.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 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
  • Heathcote will next be seen in the third season of Paramount + series Tulsa King.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer – who knows a thing or two about placing a smash song into a film – and directed by Kosinski, F1 was always envisioned as a global spectacle.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Could get up to 30 years McBee waived a grand jury indictment and a trial by pleading guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.
    Mike Hendricks July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
  • The system that led to heavy rain that struck Florida on Thursday and Friday is expected to bring 2-4 inches of rain with some areas getting up to 6 inches across the coastal plain of the Carolinas.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Khloé Kardashian and Kim Kardashian pose as Kris Jenner (not pictured) snaps a photo of them on a taxi boat in Venice on June 26.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 June 2025
  • This is more than a grower’s guide, however, as each of the 50 floriferous species included is brilliantly pictured on the front of its card in the deck.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 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 9 Jul. 2025.

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