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as in wooed
to act so as to make (something) more likely
you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims
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Recent Examples of invited
Fifteen women — including myself — were invited to gather at the legendary Ritz Paris for an evening of elegance, conversation, and connection.
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Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
Customers are invited to submit photos of their dogs in order to be selected for the brand’s official campaign.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
For the very first time, Better Homes & Gardens hosted a pop-up event that not only included celebrities, tastemakers, and influencers, but also invited the public to join in on the fun.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
At the end of Blue Bloods, Danny invited his long-time partner to grab a pizza.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Amodei wasn’t invited to a recent White House dinner involving numerous industry leaders, the company confirmed to The Information.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
At Lorde’s Ultrasound World Tour stop at Kia Forum in Los Angeles Saturday, the singer invited Charli XCX out during the encore.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
Towards the end of the tour, the children were invited to hold some of the snakes that reside at the zoo.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Leaders from Israel and Hamas were not invited initially.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
Customers are invited to submit photos of their dogs in order to be selected for the brand’s official campaign.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
For the very first time, Better Homes & Gardens hosted a pop-up event that not only included celebrities, tastemakers, and influencers, but also invited the public to join in on the fun.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
At the end of Blue Bloods, Danny invited his long-time partner to grab a pizza.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Amodei wasn’t invited to a recent White House dinner involving numerous industry leaders, the company confirmed to The Information.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
At Lorde’s Ultrasound World Tour stop at Kia Forum in Los Angeles Saturday, the singer invited Charli XCX out during the encore.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
Towards the end of the tour, the children were invited to hold some of the snakes that reside at the zoo.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Leaders from Israel and Hamas were not invited initially.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invited
Verb
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Breer was taking in questions from fans for his mailbag on Sports Illustrated when he was asked about the dysfunction with the Ravens.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Phillips also asked that their assets be divided up by the court as separate property, with no indication in the papers that the exes had a prenup in place.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The annual spectacle, with thousands of media buyers and advertisers crisscrossing Manhattan to be wooed and pitched by TV networks, has already transformed into something more corporate.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Any notion that this is a high-minded, good-government effort by the administration has to be put in the context that Trump has consistently sought to cast doubt on legitimate elections for at least a decade, dating back to his successful campaign for president in the 2016 election.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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In doing so, head architect Péter Bordás sought to honor the site’s winemaking heritage, by creating a weightless circular structure that would hover above the vines.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Invited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invited. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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