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as in usual
accepted, used, or practiced by most people
conventional wisdom holds that an incumbent president has an overwhelming advantage over his opponent
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as in traditional
based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation
tried to break from the conventional attitudes regarding the proper roles for men and women
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as in formal
following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules
conventional courtesy demands that the bridal couple send written thank-you notes for their gifts
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Recent Examples of conventional
While three spacecraft would be powered by conventional fuel, the fourth would have a solar sail roughly a third of the size of a football field.
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Its Gaussian-splatting technology converts real locations into photoreal 3D spaces up to 10 times faster than conventional pipelines, cutting both cost and carbon footprint.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
More than 70 percent of global reserves are locked in ores that conventional mining struggles to process efficiently.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
According to the survey, 78% of leaders say conventional KPIs miss much of AI’s value.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Its Gaussian-splatting technology converts real locations into photoreal 3D spaces up to 10 times faster than conventional pipelines, cutting both cost and carbon footprint.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
More than 70 percent of global reserves are locked in ores that conventional mining struggles to process efficiently.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
According to the survey, 78% of leaders say conventional KPIs miss much of AI’s value.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventional
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The Steelers counter with their usual black-and-yellow primaries.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Kevin sneaks his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and gets up to his usual shenanigans in the building, which was owned in real life by Donald at the time, with Ivana serving as the property's president.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Oct. 2025
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Actors were brought in to pretend to be North Korean soldiers and wellwishers, and a choir of local schoolchildren sang traditional songs.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Qiuhao Qiuhao quietly opened fashion week with a strong collection mining the idea of utilitarian aspects of Chinese traditional garments in the 1930s, which were subtly influenced by the Art Deco movement.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Kabul wants to boost cooperation with an India that is also at odds with Pakistan, and as the Taliban continues to seek formal international recognition as the government of Afghanistan.—
Happymon Jacob,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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The company contested the findings and eventually reached a formal settlement, OSHA records show.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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The council had already rejected Allied once before, months earlier, over settlements — including back wages — that the company has had to pay out to current and former employees.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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As in many other CIF-SS team sports, girls volleyball teams are placed in playoff divisions according to their current season performance.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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As is customary, Danielle got the showier instrumental bits of the night, going from playing some serious fuzz guitar to the mid-show segment that has her kicking it on drums.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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As is customary, hearing from the banks officially kicks off every earnings season.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
12 Oct. 2025
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Accompanied by a nonchalant guitar performance, dancer and choreographer Dong Jilan, donning a brown velvet dress and having the same long, wavy hair as Sanmao, woke up from a miniature dune and roamed around the set in a highly spiritual and ceremonial fashion.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Randy Johnson tossed the ceremonial first pitch on Wednesday.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Dissent is nothing more than the expression of an opinion that varies from the prevailing or traditional view or the position held by those in power.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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An ultra-orthodox school sat adjacent to the library, and its staff supplied the settlers with sleeping mats and air conditioning for the long night.—
Ryan Byrnes,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Vatican said Leo will travel to the town of Iznik, modern day Nicaea, for the anniversary and while in Turkey is expected to meet Ecumenical Patriarch Batholomew, the spiritual leader of the approximately 300 million Eastern orthodox Christians.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Conventional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventional. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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