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as in invites
a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place
She called to ask if we had received her wedding invitation.
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as in incentives
something that arouses action or activity
He took the layoff as an invitation to embark on a new career path.
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Recent Examples of invitations
The American president is known to be a big fan of the royals, and is only the second head of state to receive two invitations (following French president Raymond Poincaré, who was hosted in 1913 and 1919).
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Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
More than two dozen business leaders are expected to attend the reception at Chequers, according to a British government official familiar with the invitations.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Treat boundaries as invitations.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Planned parental oversight features Beyond age detection, the ChatGPT parental controls arriving this month will reportedly allow parents to link their accounts with their teenagers' accounts (minimum age 13) through email invitations.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
The evening was slightly chaotic and quickly unsynchronized as the first dinner group, which included Sunisa Lee, Fabolous and more, ignored initial invitations to sit in lieu of sunset views of the East River from the 63rd floor balcony.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
The Heat completed its roster, at least for now, on Thursday, when four players accepted training camp invitations.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Asked about this claim from Kennedy, Walls reaffirmed her stance that invitations from the Newsom administration to be part of the conversation have come too late and have not sufficiently included the voices of workers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
More than two dozen business leaders are expected to attend the reception at Chequers, according to a British government official familiar with the invitations.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Treat boundaries as invitations.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Planned parental oversight features Beyond age detection, the ChatGPT parental controls arriving this month will reportedly allow parents to link their accounts with their teenagers' accounts (minimum age 13) through email invitations.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
The evening was slightly chaotic and quickly unsynchronized as the first dinner group, which included Sunisa Lee, Fabolous and more, ignored initial invitations to sit in lieu of sunset views of the East River from the 63rd floor balcony.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
The Heat completed its roster, at least for now, on Thursday, when four players accepted training camp invitations.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Asked about this claim from Kennedy, Walls reaffirmed her stance that invitations from the Newsom administration to be part of the conversation have come too late and have not sufficiently included the voices of workers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invitations
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Your notifications are buzzing with festive invites, while others find romance through mutual connections.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Green technologies may qualify for financial incentives.—
Michaila Byrne,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the past few decades market mechanisms and financial incentives to address deforestation have been implemented, notably in regions with high rates of deforestation through jurisdictional REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) programs.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ward and Curlee also started the app Counterbalance, which provides daily encouragements, recipes, community and more.—
Emy LaCroix,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Invitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invitations. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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