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

Republicans had never held a midterm convention before.

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

We landed in Philadelphia and I rushed to the convention center, finding just enough time to change clothes and run through my speech twice.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

He continued to appear at film conventions and published his memoir, Vagabond, last year in which he opened up about the medical incident and his prolonged recovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

He also provided entertainment, including a child playing Beethoven on piano outside the boulder, for people who flocked to the conventions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The key is to recognize that the rules of usage are tacit conventions.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker