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Recent Examples of conventionality
Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Try to reach working-class voters by railing against corporate power, or dominate the suburban vote as the party of conventionality?
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Created in 1983 in Milan by Franco Moschino, the namesake brand has always pushed boundaries, bringing to the scene a refreshing interpretation of society and culture and challenging conventionality though high-low fashion.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
This violence was societal rather than personal, for his parents were people of strict conventionality and religion.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Try to reach working-class voters by railing against corporate power, or dominate the suburban vote as the party of conventionality?
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Created in 1983 in Milan by Franco Moschino, the namesake brand has always pushed boundaries, bringing to the scene a refreshing interpretation of society and culture and challenging conventionality though high-low fashion.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
This violence was societal rather than personal, for his parents were people of strict conventionality and religion.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionality
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Obviously, if the strait were to remain closed and this wartime status quo persisted into the summer, even greater economic pain would be felt across the planet.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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So that movement against Lebanon’s political status quo had quite a bit of momentum, but it was derailed.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Away from the track, Friedrich is a working police officer, adding an air of normality to an all-time great athlete.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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But after such an odd week to start F1’s on-track running in 2026, some normality will resume in two weeks at the first Bahrain test.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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For Wade, that sense of normalcy is ultimately what matters most.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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There is the ponderous march of normalcy and daily life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Conventionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionality. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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