convention

Ugarte supports the $2.6-billion Convention Center expansion passed by the City Council last year, arguing that the nation’s second-biggest city should have at least the second-best convention center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

And behind the scenes, conversations continued over a particularly modest request: Let a Palestinian American be one of the 236 speakers to address the convention from the main stage.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Boycotts had been used before, as far back as 1832, when a national convention of free blacks meeting in Philadelphia initiated a boycott of goods made by slave labor.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

He continues to attend conventions around the world to meet fans of the original film.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The arias follow the conventions of the period with plenty of coloratura and opportunities to show off, but Mozart’s preternatural ability to create character is already present.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Presidential candidates typically don’t spend much time in the arena at conventions.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

And in the modern technological era, artificial-intelligence models add a new wrinkle to corporate conventions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

On June 11, 1859, Harper’s Weekly published a wood engraving mocking such conventions.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling