CONVOKES Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

convokes

verb

present tense third-person singular of convoke

as in summons

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command convoked the leading experts on juvenile delinquency to study the situation

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In an attempt to regain her powers, Lucia accidentally summons a cosmic entity known as Altair.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Chief to its success is a powerhouse performance by Yana Radeva, who summons the spirit of Gena Rowlands in Gloria as a woman determined not to be defined by men.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026

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With unwavering resolve, Salvador musters an eclectic band of misfit street kids, led by the spirited Belén, to challenge the unyielding threads of destiny and protect Carmen from inevitable doom.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Within the current dynamics of the War Powers Resolution, until Congress musters bipartisan supermajorities to connect its own institutional ambition with constitutional power, presidents from either party will decide alone if, and when, the country goes to war.

— Jasmine Farrier, The Conversation, 1 May 2026

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Cristobal calls change ‘a positive step’ This new process would have benefited Miami greatly last year when determining who would make the conference championship.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
These 126 spacecraft will be part of a larger LEO network that the SDA calls the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026

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The event convenes manufacturers, investors, government officials, and technology providers from around the world to discuss how to modernize and rebuild the sector.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 July 2026
Primavera often convenes small gatherings to bring wary Western executives and institutional investors to visit robotic firms, battery makers, and electric-car plants in the country.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026

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An employee assembles a long-range drone in a workshop of the Fire Point company which manufactures FP-1 deep-strike drones and FP-2 strike drones in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 29, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
In terms of overall quality, the movie the player assembles out of that 652-page framework isn’t bad!

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

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