convictions

plural of conviction

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Recent Examples of convictions The film explores the contradictions of a Bulgarian town pulled into Europe’s shifting geopolitical order, where arms production for Ukraine’s frontlines collides with enduring ties to Russia, personal convictions, and the everyday need to survive. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 Additional convictions for escape, battery and weapons offenses extended his prison sentence. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Advocates for clemency have likewise urged Newsom to act, citing inequities and the risk of wrongful convictions. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 House Bill 2856, introduced by Shaffer, requires consideration of prior violent convictions, burglary convictions, other pending criminal charges and protection from abuse orders when a decision is made regarding bail. — Josh Taylor, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Some have expressed concern that overly broad language could lead to wrongful convictions. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026 In the earlier trials, three convictions were tossed out, including one when the prosecutor improperly excluded African Americans from the jury. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 That criminal case shined a spotlight on Miami’s luxury real estate market over which the Alexander brothers held sway until their arrest, trial and convictions. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 The defense acknowledged, however, that the seizures had not yet resulted in additional indictments or convictions. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convictions
Noun
  • David Jolly is the son of a preacher man, but has vowed never to use his religion as a cudgel against anyone’s beliefs.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Chuuraa Evgenia Arbugaeva (UK 2026, 18 min) A Sakha scientist journeys into Siberia’s melting permafrost, where the past emerges alongside ancestral beliefs.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The technology does not have opinions about its own existence.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Their opinions were decidedly split about whether these tools were useful out of the box, without a ton of oversight and training by the user.
    — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That doesn’t just ease the minds of residents, the HOA president told the Herald, but equips them with data that could be used in potential litigation.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The world is vast and people’s minds are just these amazing maelstroms, for good or for ill.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Who would want the callous world that successfully cloistered the feelings of others?
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Seyfried gets defensive about this, grappling with her own complicated feelings about playing a real person on film.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Every year, Noting’s fan community elects a community board observer, a volunteer who attends the company’s quarterly board meetings and presents customers’ views on products and launches to its directors.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Alkaline water appeared as a purple blob on top-down and side views of the harbor.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Convictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convictions. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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