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 These songs leave a lot to the imagination, so these kids are summoned in these poetic portraits. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026 Countess Ingeborg Kálnoky ran the guest house where witnesses summoned to Nuremberg were lodged, which meant that victims of Nazism and perpetrators of it slept in adjacent bedrooms, passed one another on the stairs and took meals at the same table. — Natalie Livingstone, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026 Brazil summoned Argentina’s chargé d’affaires after Flávio Bolsonaro traveled through Argentina to Miami, escalating tensions between the South American neighbors. — Eléonore Hughes, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026 After signing for the sale, Baffert was almost immediately summoned to the sales office. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 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 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
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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  • This week, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s flagship energy conference ADIPEC, senior executives and CEOs from the energy industry gathered to discuss the challenges facing the industry under the Chatham House Rule.
    — Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • At the news conference, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said investigators at his office gathered video evidence, interviewed witnesses and worked closely with prosecutors to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of gathered
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  • The Dream went into halftime with a six-point lead and Golden State mustered only 24 points – the ninth time in this series a team failed to reach 30 points in a half.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Indications from polls and analysts are that even after voters have their say, no one bloc will have mustered a legislative majority.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • One of the North Texans, Pamelia Stanford, was to the point when asked about Talarico’s lead in Tarrant County.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Ada County residents also were asked whether to keep an extra vehicle registration fee for cars and trucks that helps fund transit projects, according to previous Statesman reporting.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of asked
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  • New York City voters have five proposals on the backs of their ballots courtesy of Mayor Mamdani’s Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE), convened earlier this year.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The dismissal follows days of testimony in a series of rare public hearings Faruqui convened to determine whether the government's case against Floris and Benavides met the low bar of probable cause.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 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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  • For Round 2, Raman’s allies assembled a series of outside campaign committees to promote her mayoral bid.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Since taking office, Mamdani has named Diya Vij, an arts-organizations veteran, to lead the Department of Cultural Affairs, and assembled a slew of heavyweights to serve on his Committee on Arts and Culture.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • Officials are set to meet in the next few weeks to determine whether that status—hailed for years as a symbol of excellence in public health—should be revised or eliminated.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Chofetz Chaim, who lived from 1838 to 1933 and whose sobriquet is the title of his first and most famous book, was widely hailed as the leading Jewish scholar of his generation.
    — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of hailed

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“Summoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summoned. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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