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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On the politics, his statement summons a legacy-killing disaster by wagering that nothing will go wrong, when something likely will go wrong during his presidency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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Catherine’s story line evokes a feverish what-if scenario in which a survivor musters the requisite recklessness, talent for murder, and wig collection to mete out retribution.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Every writer on our longlist brilliantly musters the power of words on the page to take the reader to new places, to see old places from new angles, to change minds.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026

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Braids and the Bonds of Sisterhood The act of braiding each other’s hair throughout history is what Gibson calls an intimate one.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
The line began with Stellina in 2018, which Vaonis calls the world's first smart telescope, followed by book-sized Hestia and the compact Vespera II.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026

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Attendees at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit in Los Angeles on October 17 will get an answer to that question when our Pitch Me panel convenes Hollywood decision makers to break down their process of vetting pitches.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
The writer is greeted by André Parenteau, a distant cousin and fellow free spirit of the 1960s, who convenes a family reunion in the town’s parish hall.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

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This business context foundation maps the relationships across content, people, projects, systems and domain knowledge, then assembles the unique context each AI agent needs to do its job.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Matic also doesn’t need to worry about an import ban specifically, because Matic assembles its robots right here in Mountain View, California.

— Sean Hollister, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026

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