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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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Rodriguez, who initially voted no on the upcoming convention center expansion project, said she was explicit about one concern she had regarding that public-private partnership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The difference McCullum referenced is reverse swing - the way an older ball moves in the air in the opposite direction to convention.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Before El-Sayed was the nominee, I followed him at a local Democratic convention, where he talked to different groups of community leaders.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The United States, which is not a party to the biodiversity convention, is not involved in the talks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

After her husband opened the convention, she explained the purpose of the gathering and offered a brief overview of the status of women around the world.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

They launched the chocolates last October at New York Comic Con, and now the bars can be found at their traveling booths at comic and horror conventions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

He has the conventions of attractiveness, from his height to his pearly whites to the almost strategic amount of smile lines he has, but add them up and you somehow don’t leave with much.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

I never thought it was a requirement to get married to satisfy other people’s social conventions, especially later in life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

His Red Special presidential campaign train in 1908 and his Socialist Party conventions were riots of red flags, pennants and bunting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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


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