as in spells
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
a Siberian shaman muttering mysterious invocations to ward off evil
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Recent Examples of invocations
Zed has led invocations for the Idaho Senate and Boise City Council.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
Many of those invocations dealt with white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan attacking Black Americans or attempting political violence following the end of slavery in the South and the Civil War.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
All of the other rare invocations of Article 4 were by Turkey, which asked for consultations related to threats coming from Iraq and Syria.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Similar invocations of democracy and American leadership litter the lobbying documents, policy proposals, interviews, and congressional testimonies of these companies and their executives.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2025
Many of those invocations dealt with white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan attacking Black Americans or attempting political violence following the end of slavery in the South and the Civil War.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
All of the other rare invocations of Article 4 were by Turkey, which asked for consultations related to threats coming from Iraq and Syria.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Similar invocations of democracy and American leadership litter the lobbying documents, policy proposals, interviews, and congressional testimonies of these companies and their executives.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invocations
Noun
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My son had to work to follow Jack’s metamorphoses, to track the relationship between the spells and their consequences.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The pair are gifted grimoires at the age of 15, though Asta's is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent's spells.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There’s a little bit of mystery with the spirits, incantations and rituals.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The source of a zombie outbreak can come from anywhere, including ancient curses and meteorites from space.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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That mindset leads to no shortage of delightfully blasé supernatural adventures rife with magic and curses.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
15 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Invocations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invocations. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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