convocation
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In his fall 1971 convocation address at the University of Alberta, McLuhan told students that in an electronic world, people become “discarnate data, a sort of disembodied spirit coexisting and functioning simultaneously in diverse locations.”
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
The 100-year-old annual honors convocation at the University of Michigan is typically a decorous affair, with a pipe organ accompanying golf-clap applause.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024
Los Angeles comedians joined the seventh 21-and-over convocation of dark comedians and listeners who adore them at Notoriety, a former third-floor multiplex of the Neonopolis center on downtown’s Fremont Street.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023
Toyota said in its meeting convocation notice that the candidates are considered independent because there are no conflicts of interest with general shareholders.
From Reuters • May 28, 2023
Patterson paused briefly, before launching into his standard convocation address, the one where he used the word “august” with all three of its meanings, just because he could.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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