convokes

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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  • Later that evening at Leathers, Simon summons Julia to his bedroom.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Both men will be summonsed to court to face a charge of selling fireworks.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
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  • For comparison, the current Porsche 911 GT3 RS, with its Boeing-spec rear wing, musters a maximum of 1,896 pounds of downforce.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • What To Know The petition was filed by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie and calls for a vote on a bill, written by Massie and California Democrat Ro Khanna which would require the Justice Department to release the Epstein files within 30 days.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Pakistan has all the trappings of democracy, a parliament, a prime minister, judiciary, a noisy press but after putting the country’s most popular leader Imran Khan behind bars two years ago, the army calls the shots.
    Mohammed Hanif, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • And despite Warren’s public push Friday for such financial support, there are no promises the bill will generate any momentum when the fall session convenes.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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  • The screams, the reason everyone assembles, when the screams come, after a few collective inhales and exhales and a moment to gather one’s thoughts, the screams come like long guttural howls.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The convoy assembles In order to have a car show with loud exhausts and big rumbling engines in a residential neighborhood, Fizel had to make a few calls.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Convokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convokes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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