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Recent Examples of conventionally
The Fujian is smaller than its US counterparts, carries fewer aircraft, and is conventionally powered, while all 11 US carriers are nuclear and can sail for up to 20 years without refueling.
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Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
For the newspaper's owner to have outside business holdings or activities that might intersect with coverage or commentary is conventionally seen to present at the least a perception of a conflict of interest.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
All of Japan's operational submarines are conventionally powered, the defense outlet The War Zone reported.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The conventionally cheery tone is almost a hostile presence, drowning out and censoring Lee’s real thoughts.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Maybe not that play exactly, just the fact USC would try to trick Notre Dame because the Trojans weren’t going to beat them conventionally.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Someday, yes, but not conventionally now (there are efforts underway to devise specialized LLMs that can achieve those ends, built for that vaunted purpose).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Being Birkin’s partner was an ego boost for Gainsbourg, who had never been conventionally handsome and whose heavy drinking and smoking had aged him prematurely.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Home games were played with the new rules, though away games were still played conventionally.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
For the newspaper's owner to have outside business holdings or activities that might intersect with coverage or commentary is conventionally seen to present at the least a perception of a conflict of interest.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
All of Japan's operational submarines are conventionally powered, the defense outlet The War Zone reported.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The conventionally cheery tone is almost a hostile presence, drowning out and censoring Lee’s real thoughts.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Maybe not that play exactly, just the fact USC would try to trick Notre Dame because the Trojans weren’t going to beat them conventionally.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Someday, yes, but not conventionally now (there are efforts underway to devise specialized LLMs that can achieve those ends, built for that vaunted purpose).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Being Birkin’s partner was an ego boost for Gainsbourg, who had never been conventionally handsome and whose heavy drinking and smoking had aged him prematurely.
—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Home games were played with the new rules, though away games were still played conventionally.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionally
traditionally
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Dan Campbell's teams traditionally play well after a loss.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The entry of the American brand helped spur the rise of a thriving coffee culture among the burgeoning middle class of a country that traditionally drank tea, and Starbucks soon became a symbol of Western influence in a more affluent China.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Conventionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionally. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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