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as in usual
accepted, used, or practiced by most people
conventional wisdom holds that an incumbent president has an overwhelming advantage over his opponent
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as in traditional
based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation
tried to break from the conventional attitudes regarding the proper roles for men and women
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as in formal
following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules
conventional courtesy demands that the bridal couple send written thank-you notes for their gifts
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Recent Examples of conventional
Our Commander-in-Chief should direct his skilled military leaders to finish destroying Iran’s conventional military capabilities and eliminating any last remnants of their nuclear program.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
Uranus moving into Gemini incites restlessness with conventional routine.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
The YouTube portion came midway through a more conventional concert.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2026
While clamshell gaming laptops with a conventional Nvidia GPU are the most standard way to go, there's a few different ways to take your PC games on the go that stretch the boundaries.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
Uranus moving into Gemini incites restlessness with conventional routine.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
The YouTube portion came midway through a more conventional concert.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2026
While clamshell gaming laptops with a conventional Nvidia GPU are the most standard way to go, there's a few different ways to take your PC games on the go that stretch the boundaries.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventional
Adjective
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Flick was aware of what lay in store for his team and asked them to play a more pragmatic game than usual.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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As the Moon moves through your 5th House of Creativity, your voice carries more impact than usual.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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Crypto apps like Coinbase have begun to diversify into non-crypto assets, and more traditional retail finance apps like Robinhood have begun to dip their toes into areas like tokenized stocks.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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People are in the right conditions, so meetings are more meaningful than in a traditional market where everything is back-to-back.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The dress code was white tie—known as the most formal dress code in the United States.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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Authorities say a homicide investigation that began in 1973 has now been brought to a formal close, more than a half-century after a woman was found dead in a Northern Virginia state forest.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Wagner already missed 48 games during the regular season while working his way back from injury, and the caution surrounding his current calf strain is understandable given the risk associated with rushing that type of issue.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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All of it is encrypted, and some of it could be stored by actors anticipating that current encryption methods may become less effective over time.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The president has long bristled at the otherwise customary joking at his expense by celebrity comedians.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2026.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Many leave room for fans who might want to track ceremonial first-pitch appearances, the winner of that night’s sausage race in Milwaukee, or the results of Automated Ball-Strike challenges.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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There is a much celebrated photo of Carvajal, aged 12, laying the ceremonial foundation stone for their training ground, accompanied by the legendary Alfredo di Stefano.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The group noted the projection was revised upward from an earlier estimate owing to an additional year in the budget window and higher prevailing interest rates.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Likewise, prevailing concepts of Hamlet at the time cast the prince as a wan and melancholic, leading critics to bristle at Bernhardt’s energy.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Dioceses across the country are reporting the highest amount of converts in decades, many of them drawn in by orthodox Catholic influencers.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Conventional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventional. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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