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Recent Examples of conventionally
The Villain is a departure from what the company has conventionally done of late.
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New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
The empirical evidence for this is weaker than conventionally assumed.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
In the case of states enacting AI laws, by and large, they are conventionally limited to governing only AI that arises within their geographic boundaries.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
As a non-white viewer, seeing those who have been deemed conventionally attractive or ideal is always interesting to unpack, but it’s never addressed here.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
But conventionally, only half of earthquakes have an easily detectable foreshock, while the other half do not.
—Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Washington began conventionally, pushing a pawn to the center of the board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025
The exchange, which went viral, wasn’t cleanly comedic or conventionally journalistic but something stranger and more compelling — a rupture in the machinery of interview performance.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
Whiteman is home to the B-2 nuclear-capable bomber, while Dyess hosts the conventionally armed B-1B bomber.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
The empirical evidence for this is weaker than conventionally assumed.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
In the case of states enacting AI laws, by and large, they are conventionally limited to governing only AI that arises within their geographic boundaries.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
As a non-white viewer, seeing those who have been deemed conventionally attractive or ideal is always interesting to unpack, but it’s never addressed here.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
But conventionally, only half of earthquakes have an easily detectable foreshock, while the other half do not.
—Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
Washington began conventionally, pushing a pawn to the center of the board.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025
The exchange, which went viral, wasn’t cleanly comedic or conventionally journalistic but something stranger and more compelling — a rupture in the machinery of interview performance.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
Whiteman is home to the B-2 nuclear-capable bomber, while Dyess hosts the conventionally armed B-1B bomber.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventionally
traditionally
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But as coffee has taken off in China, traditionally a tea-drinking market, Starbucks has run into a slew of competitors from boutique cafes to chains such as Cotti Coffee and Manner — which often sell drinks at half the price as Starbucks.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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The final budget negotiations are not expected to be held until early May because negotiators traditionally wait until after the April 15 tax deadline to get a clearer picture of the state’s financial health.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Conventionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionally. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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