convention

Changing rates near an election isn’t unusual; the central bank raised rates before a political convention in 1988 and ahead of elections in 1994, 2004, 2018 and in 2022, when Joe Biden was president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Taking the California Democratic Party convention stage in February, Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified Board of Education, gave a quick shout-out to the California Teachers Assn. for backing his bid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

"He's a visionary. This whole convention is nothing but a vision," Consiglio said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And just as there are occasional celebrity cameos at a Trump rally, there was one at the midterm convention, where early-aughts comic Adam Carolla did a routine.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

Mott wrote to Stanton, urging her to keep her expectations low: “The convention will not be as large as it otherwise might be, owing to the busy time with the farmers, harvest, etc.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

“We go to conventions and we meet families where grandparents and parents and kids and grandkids are all watching our shows together.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Following the conventions of the last decade’s headlines, is being a millennial simply anything you don’t like?

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

True enough, the constitutional arguments represented a consolidation of points made in Philadelphia in 1787 and then in several state ratifying conventions.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis