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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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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

The Paramount-Warner merger is a major topic at this year’s convention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 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

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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