If so, the Commission will at least have provoked thought and debate.
It has provoked thought and, he insists, changed the debate about the future.
Brand was an intellectual play that provoked much original thought.
Isn't it enough that he provokes thought and gives pleasure?
It may be a medium that properly used can provoke serious thought eventually.
"I'm sure they'll provoke other thoughts as we discuss them."
But my hope is that the story provokes thought.
It always astonished him how a desert provoked thoughts of religion.
Nearly every line of it provokes thought, but the incidents in many cases are untrue.
But this is a dance that provokes thought long after the curtain falls.
Idiomy