as in begs
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
I conjure you to hear my plea for mercy
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Recent Examples of conjures
The word conjures a chef who throws together foods without concern for culture or tradition, says Liberda, who describes his fare as Kansas City barbecue with Thai inspiration.
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Charlie Kolodziej,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The Rhône conjures Syrah in the north and Grenache-led blends in the south.
—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
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Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
This film conjures such a vivid sense of place.
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Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 June 2026
Not for the faint of heart, California’s Salton Sea conjures a sense of apocalypse.
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Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Some of this can be put down to the production; Kartel’s longtime collaborator and established hitmaker TJ Records conjures a palette more suited to the trebly ionosphere of Spotify streams than the groundshaking speaker stacks that once fortified dancehall’s earthly domain.
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Edwin “stats” Houghton,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
But Hawthorne conjures another unnerving transformation.
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John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
Hong conjures potently dramatic situations, complex characters, a sense of history and societal tensions.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Charlie Kolodziej,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
The Rhône conjures Syrah in the north and Grenache-led blends in the south.
—
Emily Cappiello,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
—
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
This film conjures such a vivid sense of place.
—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 June 2026
Not for the faint of heart, California’s Salton Sea conjures a sense of apocalypse.
—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Some of this can be put down to the production; Kartel’s longtime collaborator and established hitmaker TJ Records conjures a palette more suited to the trebly ionosphere of Spotify streams than the groundshaking speaker stacks that once fortified dancehall’s earthly domain.
—
Edwin “stats” Houghton,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
But Hawthorne conjures another unnerving transformation.
—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
Hong conjures potently dramatic situations, complex characters, a sense of history and societal tensions.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjures
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Which begs a larger question, really.
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The family begs for a twilight cruise, but the battery is already tapped out.
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The film hands off its plot like a baton, passing from this dissatisfied shopper to a factory owner to her dead daughter-in-law (another ghost) who petitions the government for her civil rights despite being in the body of an appliance.
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