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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 invoked
Trump hasn’t used the act – which has only been invoked a handful of times in recent decades to suppress rioting – in either of his terms, but Walz expressed concern Wednesday that Minneapolis could be the tipping point if people protesting the shooting become violent.
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
In doing so, despite CTA crime being down along the city’s rail system, the administration invoked the apparently random attack against a 26-year-old woman who was set on fire while riding a Blue Line train in November.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a statement in solidarity with Minneapolis, and invoked the fatal shooting of 38-year-old undocumented father Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez in Franklin Park last fall.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Murrill’s office also invoked the habitual offenders statute, where criminal defendants can be tagged as habitual offenders after a fourth felony charge, according to Louisiana law, and face longer prison sentences.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
The policy has since been invoked by a number of Administrations as justification for intervention in Latin America.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
Appeals to sovereignty and restraint lose force when invoked selectively.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
And unlike Sophocles’s plays, in which the deities are persistently invoked, Cicellis’s universe is spiritually arid.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
His government also invoked a wartime act to deport Venezuelan men, mostly without criminal records in the United States, to a notorious Salvadorean prison and accused them of being gang members.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
Andy Rose, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
In doing so, despite CTA crime being down along the city’s rail system, the administration invoked the apparently random attack against a 26-year-old woman who was set on fire while riding a Blue Line train in November.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a statement in solidarity with Minneapolis, and invoked the fatal shooting of 38-year-old undocumented father Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez in Franklin Park last fall.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Murrill’s office also invoked the habitual offenders statute, where criminal defendants can be tagged as habitual offenders after a fourth felony charge, according to Louisiana law, and face longer prison sentences.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
The policy has since been invoked by a number of Administrations as justification for intervention in Latin America.
—Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
Appeals to sovereignty and restraint lose force when invoked selectively.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
And unlike Sophocles’s plays, in which the deities are persistently invoked, Cicellis’s universe is spiritually arid.
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
His government also invoked a wartime act to deport Venezuelan men, mostly without criminal records in the United States, to a notorious Salvadorean prison and accused them of being gang members.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invoked
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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An outrageous ambition, given that he was stuck in an outpost whose end had been decreed a few months earlier by the very men who had created and funded it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Playing Queen Charlotte brought her presence back to film following the height of her television fame with Prime Suspect.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Now, Letts has brought Coon back to Broadway with the Main Stem debut of his 1996 play Bug, a skin-crawling portrayal of people on the fringes.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Crews were already stretched thin battling the Palisades fire when 90-mile-per-hour winds grounded aircraft and caused the blaze to explode.—
Sarah Alegre,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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By March 2024, the state had already spent $3 million reimbursing ranchers for damages caused by wolves throughout the northern part of the state, as well as the cost of investing in nonlethal deterrents to keep them away, such as fencing, flags and other methods.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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New state sales tax revenue generated within the massive STAR bond district will pay back the bond debt used to build a new stadium and accompanying facilities for several decades.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Moore was subsequently fired from his position as head football coach, which prosecutors said prompted him to show up at her home.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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This has prompted researchers to develop more reliable methods for copying quantum data.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Rags 2 Richmond is an interesting a case study as a microdrama that has spawned a full-length movie.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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The mayor’s roots from his mother’s side is from post-independent India while his father’s side goes back to undivided British India, an entity that spawned three separate countries in the post war era including two, India and Pakistan, that have been continually at war since their birth.—
Vijay Dandapani,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The cider maker produced 89,907 gallons, or 2,900 barrels, in 2024, up a little more than 4% from the year earlier, according to the most recent numbers provided by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Bug was first staged in London in 1996 and later produced Off-Broadway in 2004, earning a reputation as one of Letts’ most unnerving works.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Invoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invoked. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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