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Recent Examples of conventionality
Even in flirting with conventionality, Rahmani comes out on top.
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Porochista Khakpour, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025
Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Try to reach working-class voters by railing against corporate power, or dominate the suburban vote as the party of conventionality?
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Created in 1983 in Milan by Franco Moschino, the namesake brand has always pushed boundaries, bringing to the scene a refreshing interpretation of society and culture and challenging conventionality though high-low fashion.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
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Porochista Khakpour, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2025
Despite all the pastor’s conventionality and sanctimony, there are flames between them, but those flickers run fairly cool until a breaking point in which Manders at last makes explicit reference to them.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
Try to reach working-class voters by railing against corporate power, or dominate the suburban vote as the party of conventionality?
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Created in 1983 in Milan by Franco Moschino, the namesake brand has always pushed boundaries, bringing to the scene a refreshing interpretation of society and culture and challenging conventionality though high-low fashion.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
See All Example Sentences for conventionality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionality
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Revisiting the groundbreaking feminist performance art movement in 1970s Los Angeles, one artist spotlights the inspirational, transformational, radical community exploding the narrative and status quo.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Without their unconventional perspectives to challenge the mainstream status quo, progress can stall.—
Syed Ahmad,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The tariff refunds will help businesses get back to some semblance of normality.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Chloe Claudel, picking up on that thread, directs the play in a cleverly glitchy mode, giving you normality with sudden, jolting gestures that move it into territory that’s unsettling, hilarious, or oddly serene.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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And in between, long stretches of normalcy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Right now, Parsons craves some of that normalcy.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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“Conventionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionality. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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