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evensongs

noun

plural of evensong
as in thanksgivings

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  1. invocations
  2. petitions
  3. appeals
Noun
  • Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
  • Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
Definition of invocations
Noun
  • And residents have banded together with the power of clipboard petitions, homemade T-shirts and Facebook groups.
    — Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers.
    — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of petitions
Noun
  • Tellingly, there were no appeals of any significant volume from Gusto, his team-mates or the home supporters.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Roof’s appeals will probably continue for years, and just the experience of seeing further news stories about him brings back all of the horror of his violence, renewing our wounds.
    — Sharon Risher, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of appeals
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“Evensongs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evensongs. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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