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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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure (up)
Verb
  • If a powerful Congresswoman wasn't believed by law enforcement, imagine what life is like for the rest of the country.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • To imagine the one, rather than the demographic? 4.
    Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Lamar delivered a Super Bowl performance wholly unlike any other before it, in which the aim was not to summon nostalgia or comfort but to demand full attention and active listening from his audience.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The Bureau of Mediation Services intervened, summoning both parties for mediation on Monday, March 4, with the union’s strike window opening on Tuesday.
    Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Finally, the district has seen a steady decline in upper-tier support cases.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • As home prices have continued to rise and average mortgage rates hover around 7%, McDonald said Zillow is seeing more families stay in the rental market longer in many cities, adding to the overall competition for rental units.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • International defence and security leaders from around the world are gathering for the February 14-16 conference.
    Karen Gilchrist,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The trend has been squarely rising for the past decade, gathering pace in the pandemic, to become a defining way to travel for wealthy privacy-hunters and families looking for a hyper-luxe set-up to fly and flop across the generations.
    Giles Hattersley, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Built in 1941, the Cow Palace originally was envisioned as a showcase for livestock.
    Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Deutsch originally envisioned his Ben Gamla charter school network as a way to combat the assimilation of American Jews.
    Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Caregivers are urged to get up to date on their vaccines because that can reduce the risk of passing on an infection to young children, Mestre said.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The Rooms Farmhouse Inn has 25 rooms, including cozy 200-square-foot rooms, standalone cottage suites toward the front of the property, and the larger barn suites, which get up to 850 square feet.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Elon Musk speaks next to President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The whole world pictures the Lakers rollin’ right now.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Conjure (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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