conventions

Example Sentences

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These conventions molded the Reconstruction amendments in ways that originalist jurisprudence ignores.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

Those are the conventions and rulings that Feiglin and others now openly flout and disregard.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Born the fourth of five children in 1937 in Bradford, northern England, Hockney defied the conventions of post-war Britain, realising young that he was gay and wanted to be an artist.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“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

These conventions are “prescriptive rules”—rules that prescribe how one ought to speak and write in these forums.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker