CONVOKED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

convoked

verb

past tense of convoke

as in summoned

to bring together in assembly by or as if by command convoked the leading experts on juvenile delinquency to study the situation

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Congressional committees on occasion have summoned tech company executives — sometimes with a friendly ear, but more often to berate them.

— Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Yet Fox summoned all its journalists in Lviv for a Zoom call, Hall wrote in Saved.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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The Chicago offense mustered just three hits in the game, and the Padres had three homers.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
The Chiefs mustered four sacks in their opener but were blanked last week against the Colts, so Steve Spagnuolo will want Willis in as many obvious passing situations as possible.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

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So Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson all convened with Zaslav for an emergency meeting and ultimately agreed to serve as advisors who would shepherd the channel’s programming.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
The school’s original proposal was among the lowest ranked by the citizen’s task force convened this summer to review two dozen proposals submitted for funding.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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But Cunningham called the contact intentional and accused Carrington of seeking attention.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The first, called the College of Combat Support, will see people trained in operating and supporting battlefield systems, communications, engineering, electronic warfare, reconnaissance, etc.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

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