as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
we should be prepared for the possibility that any solution may invoke another set of problems
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Recent Examples of invoke
The law is also being invoked by another developer seeking to build a 239-foot-tall skyscraper with 22 stories and a rooftop deck in Pacific Beach.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
That said, an appearance of Frankenstein’s monster in the film’s climax – where Ana has run away from her repressed family – directly invokes the murder of Little Maria in Whale’s film.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
There also has been more talk that the Republican president will invoke the Insurrection Act.
—Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2025
Dimon appeared to be invoking the cockroach theory, which suggests that bad news for one company can lead to several other negative disclosures.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
That said, an appearance of Frankenstein’s monster in the film’s climax – where Ana has run away from her repressed family – directly invokes the murder of Little Maria in Whale’s film.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
There also has been more talk that the Republican president will invoke the Insurrection Act.
—Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2025
Dimon appeared to be invoking the cockroach theory, which suggests that bad news for one company can lead to several other negative disclosures.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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Heavy snow and strong winds could impact major routes, isolate higher-elevation communities, and create hazardous conditions for early-season recreation.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Oct. 2025
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The uncertainty has caused fear for the nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites who rely on FoodShare benefits.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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These storms can also damage key technological infrastructure, such as by interfering with the flow of electricity in the power grid and causing transformers to overheat and fail.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Flick will not back down from his high-line philosophy as squeezing up the pitch allows Barcelona to dominate territory and bring their technically gifted players closer to goal.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Still, experts like Taylor note that companies’ own financial interests may bring some of that into question.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Newcastle are level with Everton in big chances created and, as my colleague Chris Waugh explained, have struggled with generating quality opportunities.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The device can also generate audio alerts warning drivers if there's a dog on a customer's property.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Reich said Lauren Spors began to scream and threaten those around her, prompting a county worker to call the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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That prompted him to goad Texas Republicans into redrawing their House seat boundaries — a process usually done every 10 years after the national census, not in the middle of a decade — to give the GOP five additional favorable districts.—
Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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There are a lot of very respectable academics that have done a lot of really amazing work in Black Studies and Africana Studies.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The ad was produced by the Ontario government.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The humanities program will work with the arts board's Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program to train master and apprentice Wisconsin folk artists in planning and producing public programs that showcase and contextualize cultural traditions, stories and histories.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Invoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invoke. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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