conventions

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“You were the voice of my childhood” is a phrase that actor Larry Brantley hears often when meeting fans at pop culture conventions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Held every four years to select presidential nominees, the Democratic and Republican conventions are gatherings of the party faithful.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

This nod to elaborate disguises, favoured by attendees at science fiction conventions, hints at Smith's core audience.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

This constitutes what is now called “practical monetarism”—an updated form of monetarism that brings lessons from the past into contact with the accepted conventions of the present.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Later, Michael and I became friends, and I came to admire him greatly, in no small measure because he rejected so many of the rather foolish conventions I once embraced.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela