as in eliciting
to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)
the gift of a puppy finally educed a response from the shy boy
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Third baseman Austin Riley is eliciting heretofore unseen levels of skepticism too.
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During the Turnstile set, a man in a hot dog costume was shown on the screen running around the pit, eliciting smiles.
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The Algonquin people also called it the Raspberry moon, evoking the fruit that ripens around that time in North America, while the Cree knew it as the Feather Moulting Moon, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
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Investigators say the family moved across southern Ohio for years while hiding the children from neighbors and avoiding setting up records, evoking memories of notorious abuse cases such as California’s Turpin family.
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“Educing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/educing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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