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Recent Examples of conventionally
Some said the commercial, with a conventionally attractive, white, thin, blonde woman with blue eyes at its center, was upholding Sweeney as the beauty standard.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Its output has become increasingly nuanced and creative over the years, however, displaying elements of conventionally human qualities like metaphor, satire and social commentary.
—Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Rather than something conventionally threatening, Hwang drew on the image of a girl character named Young-hee, familiar to every Korean child from first-grade textbooks.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
The divergence owes partly to the fact that Vancouver’s tax code discourages rentals, as the researcher Margaret Morales has argued, but also to Seattle’s conventionally American cocktail of regulations, which heavily discourages condominiums.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The club seemed to get back to functioning more conventionally, acquiring talent mostly through NHL free agency, in the draft and on the trade market.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The regenerative cotton program has enabled some clients to transition away from conventionally grown cotton—particularly those who have been priced out of using organic cotton.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Bradshaw’s photos are the opposite of glamor shots; the images ask both subject and viewer to rethink the selfie phenomenon and the pressure to tweak images of ourselves in order to look conventionally attractive.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Kamaru’s album, unlike more conventionally soothing strains of ambient music, reflected that thrumming sense of disquiet.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
Anika Reed, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Its output has become increasingly nuanced and creative over the years, however, displaying elements of conventionally human qualities like metaphor, satire and social commentary.
—Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Rather than something conventionally threatening, Hwang drew on the image of a girl character named Young-hee, familiar to every Korean child from first-grade textbooks.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
The divergence owes partly to the fact that Vancouver’s tax code discourages rentals, as the researcher Margaret Morales has argued, but also to Seattle’s conventionally American cocktail of regulations, which heavily discourages condominiums.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The club seemed to get back to functioning more conventionally, acquiring talent mostly through NHL free agency, in the draft and on the trade market.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The regenerative cotton program has enabled some clients to transition away from conventionally grown cotton—particularly those who have been priced out of using organic cotton.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Bradshaw’s photos are the opposite of glamor shots; the images ask both subject and viewer to rethink the selfie phenomenon and the pressure to tweak images of ourselves in order to look conventionally attractive.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Kamaru’s album, unlike more conventionally soothing strains of ambient music, reflected that thrumming sense of disquiet.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionally
traditionally
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With his size, motor and three-down ability, Parker fits what the Bills have traditionally targeted at the position.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Friday night, Richardson put together his finest effort of the season, reaching 49 feet, 7 inches on his final hop, step and jump at the Escondido Invitational — traditionally the final invitational of the season.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Conventionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionally. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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