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conviction

[kuhn-vik-shuhn] / kənˈvɪk ʃən /




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Ali argued that successful films are defined less by genre than by the conviction behind them.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Treasury must sustain its conviction that properly deployed, economic power profoundly complements traditional military and diplomatic tools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"Our conviction in this AI megatrend is very strong. We talk to the customers and also the customers' customers… who are mainly the hyper-scalers," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Following Digwa's conviction, prominent right-wing figures, including billionaire Elon Musk, have criticised current UK law around carrying the knife.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

At the bottom of his conviction lay his memory of his dinner with Wing Chau—when he grasped the central role of the mezzanine CDO and made a massive bet against those very same CDOs.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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