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 In one case, an employee was summoned out of her office just before a bullet struck the window in front of her desk. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 The tech behemoth briefly restricted a Facebook post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing students during the Gen Z protests in July, just days after regulators summoned the company over concerns about child-abuse content. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 When Guggenheim summoned contestants to the starting line on the first day of June outside City Hall in Manhattan, only four car companies – Acme, Ford, Shawmut, and Itala – dared to show up. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026 His longtime manager summoned Collins’ family, fearing the rock icon was about to die. — David K. Li, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026 Believing him to be days away from death, his manager summoned his five children, including Lily Collins, to be at his bedside for their family version of last rites. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 Dave Dombrowski summoned his assistants, scouts and analysts — everyone and anyone — for daytime meetings followed by a ritual watching of whatever the latest thing is that ails this team. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Italy called for Spain’s suspension from the Schengen open-borders zone within a day of the crossing, and Spain summoned Italy's ambassador in response, a sharp diplomatic exchange between two G7 economies. — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Spain summoned the Italian ambassador to protest against Tajani's remarks. — Michael Francis Gore, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summoned
  1. called
  2. gathered
  3. mustered
  4. asked
  5. convened
  6. invited
  7. assembled
  8. hailed
Verb
  • Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.
    — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Five students between 12 and 13 years old were killed in what officials called the worst school shooting in decades.
    — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of called
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  • Photos capture the high-energy of Outside Lands, where 225,000 festivalgoers—75,000 per day—gathered in Golden Gate Park for a three-day celebration of music, culture, and community.
    — Ray Chavez, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The organization created a site for her story with all the information the family had gathered over the years.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • Seattle, which opened a nine-game trip against three teams currently in playoff position, has mustered only five runs during the losing streak and nine in the past seven games.
    — CBS New York Team, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Within two days, workers were mustered and the presses were readied.
    — Colleen Barry, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • After the couple’s differing tastes in music came to light, Miller asked who picks the music in the car.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
  • White, Clark and others with the Fever have been asked to respond to Cunningham’s beliefs since, and other voices in the league have weighed in as well.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of asked
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  • By contrast, talks on the war between Russia and Ukraine have been convened intermittently, in multiple locations, and not once with all the relevant actors (Kyiv, Moscow, Washington, and key European states) at the table.
    — Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Under a new president, Louis Stout, the organization convened a task force of child safety experts.
    — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • Unlike the situation in Kamsack, this time, Didulo and her followers had been invited by Manz onto private property — the Richmound School — which gave them legal protections.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Attendees are invited to bring a lawn chair for the concert, which includes food vendors from local restaurants.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of invited
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  • Shuttle missions deployed and serviced satellites, launched the Hubble Space Telescope, assembled much of the International Space Station, and flew 135 missions over three decades.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That mind is a model, an enormous statistical object assembled by feeding it a quantity of text and images nobody has ever fully itemized.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembled
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  • Some hailed McDonnell as an Anna Delvey-type scammer, justifying her brazen ripoff of faceless lenders by scoffing at the idea that society should feel sympathy for giant corporate entities.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Roberts didn’t go that far, and some commentators hailed the opinion as a delicate compromise.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of hailed

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