conventional

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They can even detect tuberculosis, an infectious disease that commonly affects the lungs, far quicker than it would be found in a lab using conventional microscopy, Apopo has said.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Germany will sell February 2035- and August 2050-dated green Bunds on Tuesday and February 2036-dated conventional Bunds on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

As a result, it consumes much less energy per bit of transmitted data compared to conventional Wi-Fi systems.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

Claim: “They were also rapidly building a vast stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles and would have soon had missiles that could reach the American homeland, Europe, and virtually any other place on earth.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

The conventional wisdom at the time held that expressions were culturally determined—that is, we simply used our faces according to a set of learned social conventions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell