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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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The SantaCon website describes it as “a charitable, nonpolitical, nonsensical Santa Claus convention that happens once a year to fund art & spread absurdist joy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

On Saturday, as Liberals gathered in Montreal for a party convention, Carney closed out the event with a speech in which he pitched unity at a time the country faces a number of crises.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“Chad came into this convention thinking he had it in the bag,” Hilton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The news broke Friday, just as the party convention was getting underway at the bayside Sheraton San Diego Resort and hours before the Artemis II crew splashed down off the nearby coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

He is stretching but certainly not breaking the convention that old-fashioned facts have agents.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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