conventions

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It’s stuffed as full of conventions as it is famous names: Robert F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, H.R.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

“You were the voice of my childhood” is a phrase that actor Larry Brantley hears often when meeting fans at pop culture conventions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

"Comic and sci-fi conventions are a big pull for geeky people."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

This constitutes what is now called “practical monetarism”—an updated form of monetarism that brings lessons from the past into contact with the accepted conventions of the present.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“My present thought is that their virtuous army will give them a government in time in spite of all their conventions but of what nature it will be, it is hard to say.”

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