conventional

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While conventional nuclear plants split heavy atoms in a process called fission, fusion does the opposite: It combines light atomic nuclei into heavier ones, releasing enormous energy without greenhouse-gas emissions or long-lived radioactive waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Michael, in “All Her Fault” you are playing someone who could be a much more conventional detective character, but reveals more layers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

By any conventional measure, it should be regrouping after defeat.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"Unlike conventional materials, metamaterials are built with tiny, repeating patterns that interact with energy in precise ways," said Sheng Shen, a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and senior author of the study.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Throughout this book, dates for about the last 15,000 years will be quoted as so-called calibrated radiocarbon dates, rather than as conventional, uncalibrated radiocarbon dates.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond