conventions

Example Sentences

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Jeers to the snaking Starbucks lines on the Las Vegas Strip when conventions and other big events are in town.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

Mazariegos said conventions are a diminishing economic boon, but that now that the city is under contract, it is imperative that the center be ready for the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It doesn’t abide by laws or conventions or other people’s expectations either.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson