at the invitation of
idiom
: due to having been invited by
She attended the fund-raiser at the invitation of the committee chairperson.
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The princes traveled to South Africa at the invitation of the Football Association (FA), soccer's governing body in England, to support its bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
So, Lewis and I were in Las Vegas with the late Barbara Ehrenreich at the invitation of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
—Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The group of mostly minority kids had come from a nearby high school at the invitation of the National Arts Club, and their teacher testified that Sharen Benenson had told them to leave.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 July 2024
The couple traveled at the invitation of Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, General Christopher Musa, and much of of the itinerary highlighted the Invictus Games.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
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Janine Henni, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
So, Lewis and I were in Las Vegas with the late Barbara Ehrenreich at the invitation of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
—Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The group of mostly minority kids had come from a nearby high school at the invitation of the National Arts Club, and their teacher testified that Sharen Benenson had told them to leave.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 July 2024
The couple traveled at the invitation of Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, General Christopher Musa, and much of of the itinerary highlighted the Invictus Games.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for at the invitation of
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