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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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Black Pennsylvanians faced mob attacks and the loss of suffrage rights after the state’s 1838 constitutional convention, but, together with white Quakers, kept operating the Underground Railroad.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Leavitt told journalists that she would still join the president at a Republican convention in Dallas, Texas, in early September, ahead of November's midterm elections.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

In November 2025, a faction of the party, which observers say represented the majority of members, held a contentious national convention in Ibadan, Oyo state, despite court orders attempting to stop it.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Each booth created an opportunity to leave the convention with free products.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Edmund Randolph made it abundantly clear at the Virginia ratifying convention just what “domestic interests” Mason had in mind.

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

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

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

He concentrated on voice acting and continued to appear at film conventions.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

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

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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