convention
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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
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
According to Daniel Langer, the CEO of luxury strategy consultancy Équité and professor at Pepperdine University, “a lot of the brands were charging high prices simply because there was a convention in the category.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
The Grimké sisters continued to ignore convention when they set off on an extensive lecture tour across Massachusetts in 1837.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
He continues to attend conventions around the world to meet fans of the original film.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
On June 11, 1859, Harper’s Weekly published a wood engraving mocking such conventions.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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