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call forth

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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to cause (something) to come into action or existence

    she called forth all her courage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Or he can push for a rate cut to keep credit flowing and let high prices call forth new supply, substitution and efficiency.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

Those are words that penetrate, ones that recollect certain names and call forth our senses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

There were acrobats and athletes; there was H.E.R. strutting mid-stage making her guitar growl as if you call forth Prince’s spirit.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2024

Johnson urged his audience to call forth the "can-do Promethean spirit that will get us out of this mess".

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022

It was an ancient custom meant to call forth the powers of the seen and unseen worlds.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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