conjure (up)

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as in to summon
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to conjure up the courage to ask the boss for a raise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure (up)
Verb
  • Well, imagine a world in which the NFL plays an 18-game regular season.
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But imagine a world where just the opposite is possible.
    Juliet Weisfogel, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In Anaheim, the Angels’ Ron Washington was heartily booed by the hometown fans for summoning infielder Nicky Lopez to record the final out in an 8-1 blowout loss to the White Sox (who set the major league record for losses last year).
    Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Most of us just don’t yet know how to summon our natural capability.
    Sharon Horesh Bergquist, Flow Space, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The rum-baba renaissance currently sweeping London sees this long-standing convention as a negotiable starting point.
    Hilary Armstrong, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Marvell Technology Arya also sees a slew of positive catalysts for Marvell.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd of about 100 people gathered at 2200 Joe B. Rushing Road to listen to Texas Rep. Nicole Collier, who spoke with a replica P-51 Mustang behind her.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Hundreds of people had gathered on a brilliant spring Sunday morning to say goodbye and catch a first glimpse of Francis, who seemed to be gasping for air.
    NICOLE WINFIELD, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For Henshaw-Plath, the enduring lesson of Gamergate was that social media platforms as they were originally envisioned were only as good as the people using them.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Take a look at how Omar Kelly envisions the first round of the 2025 NFL Mock Draft playing out.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Eighty years later, the scars remain — and visitors are allowed to get up close and touch history on the Japanese island.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In their absence, Laufey and The Milk Carton Kids got up onstage to cover their songs, respectively.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Another way of picturing DNA storage is as a fundamental reimagining of data—one that will open up new possibilities by allowing information to exist in new places.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
  • By the end of October, Susan (pictured above at left, with Victoria Tamberrino) was testing out her cinnamon roll recipe in The NuWray’s ovens.
    Hanna Raskin, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Conjure (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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