DRAWS UPON Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

draw on

verb

as in to cause

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense

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as in to come

to come near or nearer night draws on, so we should hurry home

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Recent Examples of draw on Nvidia said its upcoming Groq 3 LPU hardware will draw on large quantities of static random-access memory, or SRAM, which is used by Cerebras, an AI chipmaker that filed to go public earlier this month. —

Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026 Much of his work, from radio to film, drew on literary sources. —

Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026 Overseas, the Journal reports an unprecedented legal arrangement for the US to take out a two-year lease renewable for 99 years on a 4,000-acre site in the Philippines, a key ally, and turn it into a high-tech manufacturing hub to draw on the country’s rich reserves of cobalt, copper, and nickel. —

Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Hacker, whose brother Jacob is a sophomore on the team and whose father Darrell was an all-state player at Highland, has been drawing on the Indians’ loss to Valparaiso in the sectional championship game last season for motivation. —

Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 Hathaway, who drew on the star power she’s accumulated over the past 20 years, credited the film’s producers for quickly adjusting to her request. —

Antonio Ferme, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 His advocacy for organ donation draws on firsthand experience supporting families through critical moments. —

Bruce Staley, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026 The fourth approach is human video learning, drawing on vast online datasets from platforms like YouTube and Douyin. —

Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026 At the packed opening, a huge screen showed Abramović’s video work, Tito’s Funeral (2025), broadcasting women beating their chests in a near trance-like state, drawing on ritualised forms of communal mourning. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026

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His quick steps can cause tackles to lose their balance, and his burst to turn pressures into sacks is tremendous.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
At the same time, what is happening right now should not undermine confidence in hospice care or cause patients and families in California and across the country to hesitate when considering it.

— Tom Koutsoumpas, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026