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 cavernous convention center served as a temporary shelter for thousands of displaced residents.
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Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
There was also a table for them at the convention center.
—Jamal Michel, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
About 15,000 people tried to shelter in the city’s convention center.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The expansion plans for the Kentucky Exposition Center, which opened in 1956, would take it from being the sixth-largest convention center in the country to the fifth.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
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Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
There was also a table for them at the convention center.
—Jamal Michel, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
About 15,000 people tried to shelter in the city’s convention center.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
The expansion plans for the Kentucky Exposition Center, which opened in 1956, would take it from being the sixth-largest convention center in the country to the fifth.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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