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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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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
New Delhi has also summoned Washington’s Chargé d’Affaires to lodge a protest, according to sources at India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
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Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
Knights summoned to England for vengeance.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Beeks was summoned precisely for that lefty-on-lefty matchup.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
The next morning, he was summoned to the program director’s office and summarily dismissed.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
As Heller reports, one professor was summoned to our Title VI office for wearing a Palestinian flag on her garment at an off-campus event.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Police summoned Hanscombe to meet with them ahead of Napper's trial.
—Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Following that meeting, he was summoned to another meeting with CBS News president Tom Cibrowski.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026
Then in the summer of 2004, police were summoned again to Epstein’s home on a report of a suspicious vehicle in his driveway.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
Knights summoned to England for vengeance.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Beeks was summoned precisely for that lefty-on-lefty matchup.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
The next morning, he was summoned to the program director’s office and summarily dismissed.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
As Heller reports, one professor was summoned to our Title VI office for wearing a Palestinian flag on her garment at an off-campus event.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
Police summoned Hanscombe to meet with them ahead of Napper's trial.
—Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Following that meeting, he was summoned to another meeting with CBS News president Tom Cibrowski.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026
Then in the summer of 2004, police were summoned again to Epstein’s home on a report of a suspicious vehicle in his driveway.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summoned
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The Spurs are known for their physicality, but many believed that Wemby should’ve been called for fouls in these cases.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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Which is how Tony Alford woke up in early March to discover that Dobbins had called his cell at 3 in the morning, Ann Arbor time.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
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As national movements for racial justice gathered momentum a decade ago, students on campuses were also becoming more aware and outspoken about racial harms.—
Ingrid A. Nelson,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Some time later, however, King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army and besieged Samaria.—
Helaine Williams,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2026
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All the back-and-forth came to an ice-cold end to start the second half as the Knicks only mustered two points through the first five minutes of the third quarter, as the Spurs’ lead grew to as many as 14.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Wirskye then asked who was wrong that day.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Last week, a committee of scholars convened by Vanderbilt University released a report on the state of humanities and social sciences scholarship across the United States.—
Gary Saul Morson,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026
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No date was immediately set for the session, but the assembly said it would be convened as soon as possible.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Citizen scientists are invited to build their own instrument to measure changes that occur in the atmosphere when the sky momentarily darkens.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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On social media, Owens said the attention to her visit was so great that she was invited to see Putin speak at the forum Friday.—
Jane Lytvynenko,
NBC news,
6 June 2026
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Across a 90-foot wall at the Orlando Museum of Art, Tommerup assembled three monumental pyramids built from canvases dragged through the ocean and Biscayne Bay, dried in flowering trees and tossed from rooftops at dusk, surrendering part of the creative process to nature itself.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Those same instincts run through Dirty Blonde, an album that feels less engineered and more lived-in—shaped in real time rather than assembled from above.—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Xi last visited in 2019, while Putin made a trip in 2024, when Moscow and Pyongyang hailed their tightening military ties by inking a mutual defense treaty.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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That would be Babe the Blue Ox, modeled after the sidekick to the mythical Paul Bunyan, who, legend has it, hailed from Bangor.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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“Summoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summoned. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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