convention
Example Sentences
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Why do we keep reacting the same way to artists who challenge conventions?
From Los Angeles Times
"The naval blockade is intended for cases that are vaguely defined and therefore subject to wide discretion," said the charity groups, adding the measure violated international law and rescue conventions.
From Barron's
During its not quite two years of Anthony Roth Costanzo’s leadership, Opera Philadelphia has been upending convention, from its Pick Your Price ticket program to its radical approach to repertoire.
It’s all fittingly itchy for literature’s most aggravating couple and a story that chafes against the convention that love wins — or even that love is good.
From Los Angeles Times
Workers in the fishing industry are covered by the ILO's work in fishing convention 188.
From Barron's
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