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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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At PokémonXP, the first official Pokémon fan convention held last month at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, Funko ran a Pop!

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

The vote was initially tied, with 45 members backing the motion and 45 opposed, requiring Presiding Officer Huw Irranca-Davies to cast the deciding vote against the proposal in line with parliamentary convention.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The conversations behind the scenes at the convention culminated in Harris’ final answer for their request: no.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Concerts scheduled for Monday at the Rock in Japan music festival have been cancelled, while the Tokyo Game Show, a video game convention, has also cancelled Monday's programme.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

In the decade following the first women's rights convention, other meetings were held throughout the North and West.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

He continued to appear at film conventions and published his memoir, Vagabond, last year in which he opened up about the medical incident and his prolonged recovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

And in the modern technological era, artificial-intelligence models add a new wrinkle to corporate conventions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

When they’re on screen, Panettiere and Trachtenberg shine through all the Disney conventions, their characters pointing back to their real selves.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Built shortly before World War I to complement the Left Bank’s Le Bon Marché department store, the hotel hosted visiting tourists, businessmen, families and conventions of professionals from all over Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Unseen, from two stories up, with the benefit of unambiguous sunlight, she had privileged access across the years to adult behavior, to rites and conventions she knew nothing about, as yet.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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