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 Unlike consumer-facing creator conventions, Paris Creator Week is positioning itself as a B2B gathering where creators, media execs, platforms, brands, agencies and investors can explore partnerships and new business models. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026 Lloyd and Fox have reunited at many fan conventions in the years since. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026 Technology works on our conventions and behaviors, probing their weak spots, threatening to make them, and us, ridiculous. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 Their union promises to challenge society’s conventions further in season 4, fitting for a character who has never been afraid to ruffle feathers. — Paul Chi, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026 Are there not many individuals in the country who do not attend conventions? — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026 In practice every production workflow ends up wired to that lab’s model, that lab’s conventions, that lab’s assumptions. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026 At conventions, Walter was rarely content to remain behind a signing table. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026 Wachowski’s involvement brings her genre expertise to a film that is said to playfully subvert horror and comedy conventions. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

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The city will soon be holding advisory meetings to develop the list of events and festivals that will occur in the next 12 months.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Josh Derry had eight catches for 143 yards and a TD for the Knights, who won for the first time in three meetings against KU.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of meetings

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If that was secured, then full Arab participation in Israeli democracy would surely be a basis for future agreements, treaties and productive changes in the entire region.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Federal agents negotiated treaties in the 1850s with more than 130 Indigenous communities in the new state of California, setting aside roughly 7% of the state for reservations.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of treaties

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While the part of the agreement about minerals was separated from the global health agreement after the public outcry in Zambia, many of the global health agreements do require the recipient country to share data such as pathogen information.

— Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
The fund plans to acquire stakes in audiovisual companies and provide financing for individual productions, including participatory loans tied to presales, distribution agreements and tax incentives, as well as gap financing.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of agreements

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This week, San Francisco City Hall hosted its inaugural Diwali celebration, with Mayor Daniel Lurie welcoming the holiday and the community's traditions into the civic space.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Whereas widowed Lord Balfour (Charles Esten) fully expects to carry his homeland’s aristocratic traditions abroad, complete with an apparent Black slave for his hoity-toity young daughter.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of traditions

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Washington has supplemented these multilateral initiatives with bilateral defense production agreements, including pacts with Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan to partner on critical defense systems, missile production, and shipbuilding.

— Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
Under the co-exclusive pacts, all five seasons of Orphan Black are now available to stream on HBO Max and Peacock.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of pacts

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The backstory The first Mandarin Oriental hotel—then called The Mandarin—opened its doors in Hong Kong in 1963 and has remained central to the hotel group’s core values, despite global expansion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
There’s nostalgia and old world values as well as breaks from conventional and subtle sociopolitical commentary.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026