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
In the short term, though, a cavalcade of companies from Snap to Amazon have invoked AI or a desire to find efficiencies as they slash large portions of their workforces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The US is the only country to have invoked the collective security provisions of Nato's Article 5, which states that "an armed attack against one Nato member shall be considered an attack against them all".
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 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
Spenser should have invoked Calliope, the muse of poetry.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
