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as in invites
a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place
She called to ask if we had received her wedding invitation.
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as in incentives
something that arouses action or activity
He took the layoff as an invitation to embark on a new career path.
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Recent Examples of invitations
Unexpected social invitations could appear, or some might be cancelled.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Community invitations bring happy energy, while your heart asks for a little personal playtime to recharge your imagination.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Sirianni, Patullo and Hurts have eschewed outright explanations in favor of verbalizing invitations to read between the lines.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Running back Coleman Bennett and wide receiver Gabriel Benyard, two of the key offensive cogs in Kennesaw State’s historic 10-4 season, have accepted invitations to showcase their skills before professional scouts in a college all-star game.
—Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Recently, Emilia sent out invitations for her birthday party and OP's daughter was invited.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Creating invitations should feel easy, not stressful.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
However, championships are won in January and the Horns were nowhere to be found when those 12 College Football Playoff invitations went out.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Anticipation had been building for weeks as chefs and restauranteurs received their invitations to the ceremony, which revealed only that their restaurant would be included in the guide in some capacity.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026
Community invitations bring happy energy, while your heart asks for a little personal playtime to recharge your imagination.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Sirianni, Patullo and Hurts have eschewed outright explanations in favor of verbalizing invitations to read between the lines.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Running back Coleman Bennett and wide receiver Gabriel Benyard, two of the key offensive cogs in Kennesaw State’s historic 10-4 season, have accepted invitations to showcase their skills before professional scouts in a college all-star game.
—Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Recently, Emilia sent out invitations for her birthday party and OP's daughter was invited.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Creating invitations should feel easy, not stressful.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
However, championships are won in January and the Horns were nowhere to be found when those 12 College Football Playoff invitations went out.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
Anticipation had been building for weeks as chefs and restauranteurs received their invitations to the ceremony, which revealed only that their restaurant would be included in the guide in some capacity.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invitations
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The Kanneh-Mason parents 60 Minutes The invites and accolades continued from there.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Other senior quarterbacks who have already accepted invites include Arkansas’ Taylen Green and Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Kansas and Missouri have spent the past 18 months trying to secure the team through sweeping stadium-funding incentives packages — which the Chiefs used last month to announce their intentions for a move to Kansas.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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The country is largely focused on a self-sufficiency drive to build up its chipmaking capabilities, a push that’s included readying a new round of incentives of as much as $70 billion for the chip sector.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In October 2024 ahead of her own stay at MSG, Billie Eilish recorded encouragements to take the subways for environmental benefits.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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Hints, counsels, warnings, remonstrations, even encouragements are, in the end, of limited value.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Invitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invitations. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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