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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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Why this fallback to current convention, when the rest of the experience is about radical reinvention?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Opponents have told the government it would be a breach of a 1998 convention signed by Australia to ship hazardous waste to a Pacific island country.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The follow-up to 2022 blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick is "officially in development with a script well under way", Paramount's Josh Greenstein told the convention.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Those in larger hotels downtown, near the McCormick Place convention center and some other areas, will pay the nation’s highest hotel tax at 19%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

She attended another women's rights convention in New York City in 1853, where a number of men in the audience tried to disrupt the speakers by shouting and hissing.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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