conventions

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This nod to elaborate disguises, favoured by attendees at science fiction conventions, hints at Smith's core audience.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

This constitutes what is now called “practical monetarism”—an updated form of monetarism that brings lessons from the past into contact with the accepted conventions of the present.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

In 2028, the agency will have to deal with the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the presidential election, including two nominating conventions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Once he’d amassed a large number of them, he decided to start selling them, first at conventions, then beginning in 2023 at a physical location.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

He argued that divorce should not be discussed at a women’s rights conventions because it involved both men and women.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling