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Recent Examples of conventionally
Lean and terse and driven more by anxiety than incident, Van Dusen’s script doesn’t go in for surprises or conventionally developing tension, not least since the film’s prologue has already shown us where it’s all apocalyptically headed.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
The Villain is a departure from what the company has conventionally done of late.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
The empirical evidence for this is weaker than conventionally assumed.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
In the case of states enacting AI laws, by and large, they are conventionally limited to governing only AI that arises within their geographic boundaries.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
But conventionally, only half of earthquakes have an easily detectable foreshock, while the other half do not.
—Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Washington began conventionally, pushing a pawn to the center of the board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025
The exchange, which went viral, wasn’t cleanly comedic or conventionally journalistic but something stranger and more compelling — a rupture in the machinery of interview performance.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
Whiteman is home to the B-2 nuclear-capable bomber, while Dyess hosts the conventionally armed B-1B bomber.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
The Villain is a departure from what the company has conventionally done of late.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
The empirical evidence for this is weaker than conventionally assumed.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
In the case of states enacting AI laws, by and large, they are conventionally limited to governing only AI that arises within their geographic boundaries.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
But conventionally, only half of earthquakes have an easily detectable foreshock, while the other half do not.
—Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Washington began conventionally, pushing a pawn to the center of the board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025
The exchange, which went viral, wasn’t cleanly comedic or conventionally journalistic but something stranger and more compelling — a rupture in the machinery of interview performance.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
Whiteman is home to the B-2 nuclear-capable bomber, while Dyess hosts the conventionally armed B-1B bomber.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionally
traditionally
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The publication’s top editors are jockeying for the editor-in-chief role, a powerful position at a magazine where the writers, rather than the business side, traditionally control the direction of the enterprise.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The protests coincided with ceremonies traditionally held after 40 days to mourn those killed by security forces during last month’s anti-government demonstrations.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Conventionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionally. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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