1
as in calling
to demand or request the presence or service of
without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office
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2
as in gathering
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers
managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day
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as in mustering
to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
summoned a special session of parliament
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Recent Examples of summoning
Hackers can then use the army of infected computers to launch DDoS attacks, which involve summoning waves of internet traffic to overwhelm a website, app or IP address to try and take them offline.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
The Brooklyn psych-folk artist’s 2025 debut, newly reissued by AD 93, is dissonant, ghostly, and otherworldly, summoning complex emotions with sparse tools.
—Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Sounds idyllic, except one neighbor keeps summoning the cops — and eventually someone gets shot.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Trump is summoning a new working group, comprised of athletes, coaches, administrators and college presidents.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Mar. 2026
But sometimes the zip isn’t there, with zone defense often a game-saving alternative, as if summoning Mariano Rivera.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Alice cleverly doesn’t answer when Araminta demands to know if the queen is summoning her, just shoots her a coy smile.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
In other words, a home is capable of summoning the California spirit without actually being there.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
The case had been before an appeals court, which instructed an investigative judge to wait until the officials left office before summoning them for questioning.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
The Brooklyn psych-folk artist’s 2025 debut, newly reissued by AD 93, is dissonant, ghostly, and otherworldly, summoning complex emotions with sparse tools.
—Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Sounds idyllic, except one neighbor keeps summoning the cops — and eventually someone gets shot.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Trump is summoning a new working group, comprised of athletes, coaches, administrators and college presidents.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Mar. 2026
But sometimes the zip isn’t there, with zone defense often a game-saving alternative, as if summoning Mariano Rivera.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
Alice cleverly doesn’t answer when Araminta demands to know if the queen is summoning her, just shoots her a coy smile.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
In other words, a home is capable of summoning the California spirit without actually being there.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
The case had been before an appeals court, which instructed an investigative judge to wait until the officials left office before summoning them for questioning.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for summoning
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But Johnson-Swartz began calling and texting in the days that followed, the student told investigators.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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On Friday, the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, tersely rejected the bill, calling it a joke.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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The aircraft was built to fly above 70,000 feet, beyond the reach of enemy defenses, gathering intelligence in all conditions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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What began as a Reddit post of two chess players searching for people and a place to play quickly snowballed into what San Diego Chess & Social is now, a gathering space for games of all kinds.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Vitello shakes up lineup After mustering just one run and totaling 13 hits en route to being swept by the New York Yankees, rookie manager Tony Vitello shook up his starting lineup by batting shortstop Willy Adames at leadoff and second baseman Luis Arraez at cleanup.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Israel, meanwhile, appears content to keep battering the Islamic Republic, whatever the downstream consequences, while also mustering a new offensive into southern Lebanon against Hezbollah.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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When caregivers there left a suicidal resident hanging by the neck from his room’s sprinkler system without giving the man immediate aid, Florida’s healthcare watchdog agency took the uncommon action of asking a judge to shut down Villa Rosa IV.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Trump is asking the justices to uphold his Day 1 executive order eliminating birthright citizenship under a novel interpretation of the 14th Amendment and requiring parents to prove their own legal status before citizenship is granted to their children.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The suspect spent weeks planning the attack, eventually assembling Molotov cocktails and conducting surveillance of Kiswani’s residence, according to federal complaint documents.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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In wars lasting a month or so with relatively low casualty rates, managing massive ammunition consumption, assembling and training replacements, and renewing equipment losses during a war, not after it, are simply not issues.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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The actor is set to star alongside Dakota Fanning in Apple TV’s untitled original thriller series hailing from Alex Cary, who previously created the mini-series A Spy Among Friends and earned his thriller cred as a writer-producer on Homeland.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
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Competition is heating up at the luxury end of the ride-hailing market.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu is convening a conference of condominium associations from around the city for Wednesday evening to share ideas on what — if anything — the city can do to ease the financial pressure.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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By convening a focus group of seven swing state voters, all mothers between 27 and 48 years old, the Democratic firm Navigator Research found angst about the country’s direction and little faith in either party’s ability to fix its problems.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The nurturing Moon drifts into your 12th House of Solitude, inviting you to pause and seek privacy.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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Hall, who has played Marlena since 1976, responded days later with a video message thanking Gosling and inviting him to visit the set.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Summoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summoning. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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