summoned

verb

past tense of summon
1
as in called
to demand or request the presence or service of without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office

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2
as in gathered
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day

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3
as in mustered
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command summoned a special session of parliament

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Recent Examples of summoned Prosecutors have requested that the defendants be summoned for questioning, but the judge has not ordered it. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Forensic teams summoned to a nearby police complex during the raid were never sent to the scenes, according to records reviewed by the organization. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 In Brussels, the Ambassador to Belgium, Bill White, was summoned by the government after publicly claiming that an Antwerp prosecutor’s investigation into ritual circumcisions by Jewish mohels without medical training was antisemitic. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 The Rams summoned McManus and veteran Matt Prater to Woodland Hills for a tryout, and chose McManus after the workout. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Two weeks later, Sylvie Boudreau, then president of the library’s board of trustees, said she was summoned to a meeting with a US Customs and Border Protection officer, a Border Patrol agent and a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. — Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 By Monday evening, Papin and digital minister Anne Le Hénanff had summoned Vinted, French secondhand marketplace Leboncoin, Amazon, eBay, Meta, and TikTok to a videoconference to demand the listings come down. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 About 20 minutes later, Hall summoned all off-duty swiftwater technicians. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Black’s wife, who had summoned Bell, was concerned that her husband was coming down with a cold. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summoned
  1. called
  2. gathered
  3. mustered
  4. asked
  5. convened
  6. invited
  7. assembled
  8. hailed
Verb
  • Allen drained it to extend Charlotte’s lead to 20, and then found Dennis Schröder for a high-five as Miami called a timeout.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Later, however, a faithful replica, also called the Atlantic, was built.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of called
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  • Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • More than a hundred people had gathered earlier in and around the church for a funeral procession.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • That ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference, expectations wise — and a little shy of the 46 wins Atlanta mustered last time around.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Since her departure from Kansas City, the Roos never mustered more than 12 wins in four years under head Dionnah Jackson-Durrett.
    — PJ Green October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of mustered
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  • But when asked about Cohen on Tuesday, Riley heaped praise on the athletic director.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Deanna Paul, an attorney for Tal, said that the brothers asked them and their wives not to attend.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of asked
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  • Top executives convened for a panel hosted by The Female Quotient and F1 Academy during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Despite that lack of evidence, the loosening of restrictions has come after the FDA began analyzing how to make the substances more accessible and convened a panel to discuss allowing compounding pharmacies to manufacture them.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • Participants are invited to leave something at the community altar.
    — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Successful candidates will then be invited to spend a day at the bank’s offices where they are tested on banking regulation, their use of AI, and their ability to build calculations.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of invited
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  • Texas ran for 212 yards, and it all but put the game away on the ground until Ole Miss assembled an evening-ending combination of plays that led to a Hail Mary attempt to potentially win it.
    — Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
  • After a week of respecting the sanctity of spoilers, our critics have assembled to discuss the movie in detail.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
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  • But what advocates hailed as a vehicle for democratic governance also has unleashed attack ads, seven-figure war chests and hardball politics.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Intismeran uses messenger RNA technology, the same platform pioneered in the development of Covid vaccines that’s hailed for how quickly it can be rolled out.
    — David Cox, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
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