as in spell
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 invocation
De la Torre’s invocation of his rights, according to his attorneys, should have been enough to halt the proceedings.
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Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2024
Timothée Chalamet, who portrays Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown, took Dylan's invocation quite literally.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Then-President Harry Truman had continued Roosevelt’s invocation of the act for years after the war’s end.
—Maria Ramirez Uribe, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Oct. 2024
Instead of invoking LLMs repeatedly on similar queries, previous invocations can work well in some contexts, like FAQ responses.
—Naren Narendran, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2024
Timothée Chalamet, who portrays Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown, took Dylan's invocation quite literally.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Then-President Harry Truman had continued Roosevelt’s invocation of the act for years after the war’s end.
—Maria Ramirez Uribe, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Oct. 2024
Instead of invoking LLMs repeatedly on similar queries, previous invocations can work well in some contexts, like FAQ responses.
—Naren Narendran, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invocation
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In that two-year spell with Slegers as head coach, Rosengard won back-to-back league titles.Art de Roché, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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David Moyes’ Everton side suffered a 1-0 defeat at home against Aston Villa in his first game in charge of his second spell at the club, and the reasons for the defeat were not unfamiliar.James Nalton, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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The amalgamation of memory, historical fact and artifice yield an engrossing incantation.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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These works evoke the votive sculptures of ancient Egypt, where animals garnered more reverence than they do now, were seen as perhaps incantations of gods.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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And anyone who believed in curses was gaining some evidence.Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
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Cubs fan sabotages his own team and extends the most infamous curse in MLB history During Game 6 of the 2003 National League Division vs. the then-Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman reached out and grabbed a ball that could have been caught.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Invocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invocation. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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