elicited

verb

past tense of elicit
as in evoked
to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) the role elicited the actress's flair for comedy that previous directors had overlooked

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Recent Examples of elicited Last week's announcement even elicited rare rebukes from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are up for reelection in a few months. — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026 Anthropic’s announcement elicited panic among some enthusiastic Claude adopters, who expressed concern about what a label on AI use might signal about them. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 The same driver mutation, when introduced into different genetic backgrounds, elicited different responses in the circuits that govern whether a cell keeps dividing, specializes, becomes inflamed or dies. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 One resident urged the board not to reject the proposal outright but rather to create standards for data centers before taking a vote — an opinion that elicited boos from the crowd. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 The case has elicited strong emotions across the community, with many rallying around the dog's owner, who is homeless. — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 News of the 2027 Met exhibition elicited a range of reactions online. — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 Sometimes the trends are even more hyper-specific, like last year’s Pucci summer, in which influencers elicited envy while on Euro trips trapezing around in their retro prints. — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 30 July 2026 And the gentle, more continuous sounds of kayaking elicited little reaction, said Whitney Jones, who led and designed the study. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elicited
  1. evoked
  2. inspired
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  • The two-time Oscar nominee’s death has also evoked a wave of nostalgia for Hannah Montana fans.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
  • As far as comparable complicated homecomings, Browne evoked Manny Ramirez’s return to Fenway Park in 2010 after being traded from Boston to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of evoked
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  • Keep scrolling to shop more denim jackets inspired by America Ferrera now.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The idea came from architect Hal Hayes, who was inspired bythe Great Pyramid of Giza, where a pharaoh built a row of smaller pyramids alongside it for his queens, as Hayes told the Fire Island Pines Historical Society.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of inspired

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