conventions

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This nod to elaborate disguises, favoured by attendees at science fiction conventions, hints at Smith's core audience.

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

Bloom’s first foray into crime fiction nails the genre’s conventions while her bona fides as a recently retired professor of English and psychotherapist in mid-state Connecticut make this book resonate as spot-on, hilarious truth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In 2028, the agency will have to deal with the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the presidential election, including two nominating conventions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The conventions of written prose represent a similar standardization.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker