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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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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

Earlier on Wednesday, as he departed for the convention, Trump acknowledged that Americans may have to wait a while longer to see relief from high fuel prices.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

On Wednesday, he appeared by video at Trump’s midterm convention and pledged to work with the president to help Pennsylvania.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

His place immediately before Trump's closing remarks gives him one of the most prominent speaking slots of the convention and an opportunity to address a party already beginning to consider its post-Trump future.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

It took courage to defy convention the way she did.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The gathering was just two days, but still had the look and feel of the traditional four-day conventions staged by both parties in presidential election years.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

In 1971, Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine, run exclusively by women, for women, and born from conversations with other women writers who’d grown exhausted with the belittling conventions and blind spots of male-dominated media.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 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

These conventions are “prescriptive rules”—rules that prescribe how one ought to speak and write in these forums.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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