conventionality

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Recent Examples of conventionality The conventionality that Gunn resorts to includes a subplot with the Green Lantern League, a jokey crew of XYZ-men knock-offs. — Armond White, National Review, 11 July 2025 Even in flirting with conventionality, Rahmani comes out on top. — Porochista Khakpour, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for conventionality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionality
Noun
  • But any agreement that specifies which uses of AI are taboo would be better than a status quo that prohibits none.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Looking to challenge status quo of the music industry, Wu-Tang looked to make the album a one-of-one piece of fine art, rather than selling the album commercially.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Banda’s first impulse was to maintain normality, stability, for the children.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Weiss has her own particular vision of American and international normality.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Maintaining a sense of normalcy and a human connection with her constituents has become increasingly difficult as opponents have dialed up their ire—most recently, flocking to Collins’s Maine office to loudly protest July’s ICE shooting.
    — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Banda’s first impulse was to maintain normalcy, stability, for the children.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

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“Conventionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionality. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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