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convention

[kuhn-ven-shuhn] / kənˈvɛn ʃən /




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Ellison has long extolled his love of movies and appeared at the CinemaCon movie theater owners convention earlier this year to reiterate his commitment to theatrical releases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It is not a party to the UN biodiversity convention and does not participate in the negotiations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The firm maintains a policy of not taking board seats—“observers, if we have to,” said Anderson—in a nod to its naming convention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The vote was initially tied, with 45 members backing the motion and 45 opposed, requiring Presiding Officer Huw Irranca-Davies to cast the deciding vote against the proposal in line with parliamentary convention.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 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

He continues to attend conventions around the world to meet fans of the original film.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Presidential candidates typically don’t spend much time in the arena at conventions.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

“We go to conventions and we meet families where grandparents and parents and kids and grandkids are all watching our shows together.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

Miss Lumley knows what the conventions are and pays her own rigid tributes to them.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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