CONVOKES Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

convokes

verb

present tense third-person singular of convoke

as in summons

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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On the politics, his statement summons a legacy-killing disaster by wagering that nothing will go wrong, when something likely will go wrong during his presidency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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Catherine’s story line evokes a feverish what-if scenario in which a survivor musters the requisite recklessness, talent for murder, and wig collection to mete out retribution.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Every writer on our longlist brilliantly musters the power of words on the page to take the reader to new places, to see old places from new angles, to change minds.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026

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Johnny calls David with this update just in time to stop Cathcarts’ final offer from reaching the Taylor & Byrne camp.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Then in 1989, an assailant attacked an elementary school in Stockton, California, using an assault rifle to kill five people and wound 29, prompting public outcry and calls to restrict such weapons.

— Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

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The writer is greeted by André Parenteau, a distant cousin and fellow free spirit of the 1960s, who convenes a family reunion in the town’s parish hall.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
The Republican National Committee convenes its first-ever midterm election convention on Wednesday in Dallas.

— Patrice Onwuka, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of convenes

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This business context foundation maps the relationships across content, people, projects, systems and domain knowledge, then assembles the unique context each AI agent needs to do its job.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Much like an engine compresses fuel before ignition, FLARE first assembles the fuel to high density before delivering a separate, rapid burst of energy to trigger fusion.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

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