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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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“Adam Aron and AMC are big fans of David Ellison,” Aron said during an interview Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas, where he was attending the CinemaCon trade convention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

On Saturday, as Liberals gathered in Montreal for a party convention, Carney closed out the event with a speech in which he pitched unity at a time the country faces a number of crises.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The news broke Friday, just as the party convention was getting underway at the bayside Sheraton San Diego Resort and hours before the Artemis II crew splashed down off the nearby coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The convention centre offered high-speed wireless internet that AFP clocked at more than 150 megabits per second, far above Pakistan's national average of 25 Mbps, according to Speedtest.net figures from February 2026.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

As Democritus put it, ‘By convention sweet, by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention colour: but in reality atoms and void.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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