convention center
noun
: a building or set of buildings designed to hold many people and used for meetings
The conference was held at the new convention center.
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The convention center has been the top killer of birds in downtown Dallas among the 129 buildings that volunteers have monitored in the last few years, says Mei Ling Liu, community conservation director with the Texas Conservation Alliance.
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NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Eager for yet another stream of revenue, Scrooge McDuck builds a convention center and unwittingly allows a group of real-life monsters to host an event there.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
City officials say the new method will be used for large and complex upcoming projects like the Hodges Dam replacement, convention center expansion and new drainage channels in parts of southeastern San Diego that flooded in January 2024.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Local leaders sought the increase largely to finance expansion of an already cavernous waterfront convention center in hopes of attracting more and larger conventions and trade shows.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
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NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Eager for yet another stream of revenue, Scrooge McDuck builds a convention center and unwittingly allows a group of real-life monsters to host an event there.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
City officials say the new method will be used for large and complex upcoming projects like the Hodges Dam replacement, convention center expansion and new drainage channels in parts of southeastern San Diego that flooded in January 2024.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Local leaders sought the increase largely to finance expansion of an already cavernous waterfront convention center in hopes of attracting more and larger conventions and trade shows.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for convention center
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“Convention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convention%20center. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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