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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Video footage of that night was captured by Lopez’s younger sister, who was outside with her brother smoking on the front lawn of their parents’ home when the two officers arrived and summoned Lopez out into the street, according to Kremer.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
When Georg discards the item and it is found by the police, Fritz is summoned to Westhofen to identify it.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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The loss of De’Von Achane to a season-ending torn ACL early in Week 3 has contributed to the offensive struggles, but the Dolphins mustered only two touchdowns in two games with Achane healthy – and a league-low four touchdowns in four games total.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
In the second period, the Oilers mustered just four shots, contributing to the night’s total of 24.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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Nadella recalled a meeting around 2008–09, convened by then-chairman Bill Gates, to review a potential acquisition involving a team working on parallel data warehousing.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
But by 1965, when Johnson convened a committee to study the issue, half of those buildings had been either destroyed or damaged beyond repair.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

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In 1921, a small Japanese company called Shimano began making bicycle freewheels in Osaka.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
There are also plans afoot by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) called SNA3G, which are preliminary plans for an eventual replacement of the Suffren-class in the future.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

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