Thesaurus results for CONVENTIONS

conventions

noun

plural of convention

as in meetings

a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose attended a convention of mathematicians in California

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as in treaties

a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples an international convention banning the spread of nuclear weapons

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as in agreements

an arrangement about action to be taken the Geneva Convention details proper treatment of prisoners of war

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as in traditions

an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing the bride decided to follow convention and to have her father give her away

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Recent Examples of conventions Democrats have held such midterm conventions in the past but are not doing so this year. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026 Political parties typically do not hold conventions for midterm elections as there is no presidential candidate to select. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 Concurrently, the duo was seeing a growth of comic conventions, but a disquieting sidelining of artists at the same time. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 And midterm conventions just aren't a thing (at least not since Democrats scrapped them after a short run in 1982). — Tamara Keith, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026 Other Treasury secretaries have been involved in political conventions. — Matt Peterson,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 Usually that’s taken care of by airing both party conventions — but Democrats aren’t holding any such midterm equivalent. — Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026 Learn all about some of the most prominent unwritten rules and conventions of America’s national pastime. — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026 Another, Undine kommt (Undine Comes), 2025, has its head in profile with a frontal eye, evoking the conventions of ancient Egyptian art and prehistoric female figurines, motifs that permeate Stötzer’s drawings, writings, and costumes. — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Young activists regularly post on social media from county fairs and Republican committee meetings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick did so as well as part of G20 meetings about innovation.

— Josh Boak, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of meetings

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This is not, currently, an option for American productions which don’t have the mechanism, treaties, or federal tax incentive required for the lift.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026
King managed to take the suffocating history of the Indian — the treaties, the massacres, the Hollywood caricatures — and turn it into something conversational, even funny.

— Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of treaties

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The threat of being charged by the federal government can lead witnesses to negotiate agreements with prosecutors to share evidence or testimony used to incriminate others in exchange for immunity or lighter punishments.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Fortum has previously said that new nuclear projects would require strong customer demand secured through long-term power purchase agreements, strategic partners, appropriate financing and risk-sharing arrangements.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of agreements

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This is his full-time home now, after years of living in Brooklyn and almost two decades and seven albums of chasing American sonic traditions.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2026
The menu’s through line is the way Bonner filters a whole world of Afro-Caribbean traditions through his perspective as a journeyman chef.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of traditions

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The financials are also unmatched, with last year’s annual check to each franchise from 345 Park Ave topping $450 million from leaguewide deals, primarily driven by the NFL’s $125 billion in media pacts.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
NBCUniversal‘s Peacock launched a limited new membership program in a beta test with a variety of perks — aimed at keeping them from flying the coop as streaming subscribers, as well as driving incremental revenue from marketing pacts.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of pacts

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Three other three-judge panels on the 5th Circuit -- one in this case and two in an earlier one -- and two district courts have already agreed that rules for prescribing mifepristone are too loose.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
The revolutionary idea that the ruled rather than the rulers decide the rules emerged only haltingly.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rules

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The company’s twin values of work and quirk can sit uneasily in the distractible, self-serious fashion world, to the point that fashion at Hermès has historically been regarded as something of an oxymoron.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Throughout it all, Taylor has remained the same person, with the same values.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026