conventional
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That means that even if an ECB hike under conventional economics wouldn’t make too much of a dent to activity, the act of signaling will pack a punch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
“He forced the more conventional candidates to talk about the issues in a way that would not have been the case if he weren’t in the race,” Schnur said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Yet, in these cases, the great powers had to give up because of protracted, painful insurgencies that followed conventional military victories and eventually sapped domestic support for war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The fuel performed on par with conventional ionic liquid propellants typically used in electric propulsion systems.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
He begins his great work by running through a set of conventional arguments drawn from Sacrobosco: the heavens are spherical; the earth is spherical; the waters are spherical.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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