conjure (up)

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as in to summon
to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers managed to conjure up the courage to ask the boss for a raise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjure (up)
Verb
  • The Future May Be Port-Free Just imagine: no USB-C connector at the base of the phone, with only charging through a charging pad as an option, and with data synced exclusively wirelessly.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Instead imagine your brain as a machine-learning model.
    Dalton Conley, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • No one called or attempted to call 911 or tried to summon an ambulance, Baton Rouge Police Department Chief Thomas Morse Jr. said at a news conference on Friday.
    Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The president's office began summoning cabinet members to his office, and the clock started ticking.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Though policymakers do apparently see tariffs creating some inflation in 2025 on their recent projections.
    Simon Moore, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • White flower petals could be seen scattered below the couple and different white bouquets of flowers and white candles surrounded them.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd of about 100 people gathered at 2200 Joe B. Rushing Road to listen to Texas Rep. Nicole Collier, who spoke with a replica P-51 Mustang behind her.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Hundreds of people had gathered on a brilliant spring Sunday morning to say goodbye and catch a first glimpse of Francis, who seemed to be gasping for air.
    NICOLE WINFIELD, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For Henshaw-Plath, the enduring lesson of Gamergate was that social media platforms as they were originally envisioned were only as good as the people using them.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Take a look at how Omar Kelly envisions the first round of the 2025 NFL Mock Draft playing out.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The boy fell to the train’s floor but quickly got up, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • With Lavonte David getting up there in age, the team could use some youth at linebacker. 20.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Fuji's imaging engine is built around its Film Simulation profiles, a broad set of looks that give JPG and HEIF pictures an analog-minded creative color grade.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
  • There was the homoerotic work of Robert Mapplethorpe, and also the Andres Serrano picture Piss Christ, which was a crucifix in very bubbly stuff that looked like urine.
    Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Conjure (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conjure%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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