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

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

You have invoked the sacred Declaration of Independence as the basis of an attack upon her social order.

From The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis by Dixon, Thomas