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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  1. summoned
  2. mustered
  3. convened
  4. called
Verb
  • Roy Clark could show up at Felix and Oscar’s New York apartment in The Odd Couple to demonstrate his virtuoso pickin’ skills and be summoned to Burbank to sub in for Johnny Carson as a guest host of The Tonight Show.
    — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • His successor, former President Serzh Sargsyan, also was summoned to the Anti-Corruption Committee headquarters, Armenian media outlets reported.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of summoned
Verb
  • All his administration mustered was a late, failed effort in the summer of 2020 to remove 12,000 troops from Germany.
    — JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Josh Lowe hit a sacrifice fly, and Gustavo Campero added an RBI single, but that was all the offense the Angels mustered.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of mustered
Verb
  • At the same time, as tech companies issue urgent new warnings about the dangers of AI, the Department of Health and Human Services convened childhood experts Tuesday to discuss the harms of excessive adolescent screen use.
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • But as Jensen made it into the dugout, the umpires convened and reversed the decision.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • Autumn Joy Stonecrop Also called autumn joy sedum, this hardy, summer- and fall-flowering perennial is known for its succulent foliage and dense clusters of tiny pink flowers.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Cyberdyne Hybrid Assistive Limb, commonly called HAL, is a robotic exoskeleton designed to support patients during rehabilitation.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of called
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“Convoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convoked. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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