as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil
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Recent Examples of invocation
Take Claes Oldenburg’s almost nostalgic invocation in 1969 of the famous Chrysler 1937 Airflow, one of the first cars to have been designed according to the laws of aerodynamics.
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The rulings centered on Trump's unprecedented invocation of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act as a legal justification for levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 June 2025
Many people have been deported as a result of Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which grants the president authority to deport noncitizens without appearing before a judge, among other wartime authorities.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
After Giddens offered a sort of one-song invocation for the night, the Bowl show really got off to a start with an hour-long reunion set by Our Native Daughters, the supergroup that Giddens formed in the late 2010s with Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah and Leyla McCalla.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 June 2025
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The rulings centered on Trump's unprecedented invocation of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act as a legal justification for levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 June 2025
Many people have been deported as a result of Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which grants the president authority to deport noncitizens without appearing before a judge, among other wartime authorities.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
After Giddens offered a sort of one-song invocation for the night, the Bowl show really got off to a start with an hour-long reunion set by Our Native Daughters, the supergroup that Giddens formed in the late 2010s with Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah and Leyla McCalla.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invocation
Noun
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Jack Harrison returned to Leeds United after a loan spell.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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Arriving for his second spell, the Scottish 62-year-old has generated a positivity that hasn't been witnessed at the club for years.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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How to turn a human into a statistic, an alien, an enemy combatant–transformations worked not through incantation, but through the movement of paper in government offices.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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Then, in what might be one of the most fitting metaphors of parenting and family-building in horror-comedy history, everyone—Rohan, Josh, their parents, their partner's parents, and even their friend—start screaming the same garbled Latin incantation in an effort to confuse the demon.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This is both a blessing and a curse in the list production process.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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And after that, the Kennedy curse became this sort of wide-ranging explanation for a lot of things that were happening.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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“Invocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invocation. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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