invoke
verb (used with object)
to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for.
is invoking
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present progressiveof invoke (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Compass is invoking that framework to defend a practice that does precisely the opposite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Now it’s not a well-regarded doctrine, so it’s kind of shocking that Minnesota is invoking it here.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass, is invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act that places the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025
Everyone is steeped in the very culture that he is invoking.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2025
When Leibniz declares the harmony of monads to be pre-established by God, he is invoking the image of intelligent human pre-arrangement.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
