conventions

Example Sentences

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“Plan 75” eschewed dystopian-thriller conventions to ponder how Japan might one day treat its senior citizens, viewing them as little more than a drain on resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

It’s stuffed as full of conventions as it is famous names: Robert F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, H.R.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

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

These conventions are “prescriptive rules”—rules that prescribe how one ought to speak and write in these forums.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker