invoke
verb (used with object)
to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for.
have invoked
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present perfectof invoke.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Goolsbee said the analogy from the 1990s tech boom that Warsh and others have invoked “is a little harder for me to understand.”
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
Companies have invoked AI in tens of thousands of layoffs in the last year, although some economists have suggested that another rationale for job cuts has been overhiring during the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
In making their case, virtually all have invoked Black’s definition — one Garner has personally penned for the last 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
For three millennia, Jews have invoked a “return” to Jerusalem from exile and a deliverance from “the Lord of time, history and justice” poetically and ritually, but not always really.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
I have invoked all good fairies to come and dwell in this hedge, and so I had to provide an orchestra for their dances.
From The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter
