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Recent Examples of conventionality
Try to reach working-class voters by railing against corporate power, or dominate the suburban vote as the party of conventionality?
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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
This violence was societal rather than personal, for his parents were people of strict conventionality and religion.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
From Peter Coyote’s narration to the trademark slow-pans across still images to Craig Mellish’s editing rhythms, there’s a comfortable conventionality to the first part that isn’t sufficiently shaken up by the musical contributions by Randy Granger.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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The positives about Lurie, who ousted former Mayor London Breed in late 2024, were propelled by a coalition of voters unhappy with his city’s previous status quo.—
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Our energy unaffordability crisis is the product of the fossil-fuel status quo and an aging energy infrastructure.—
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In real life or onscreen, the most glorious wigs in 2025 were the ones that called attention to that falsity rather than trying to blend into normality.—
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Yet, though George, Charlotte, and Prince Louis are growing up in the royal fishbowl, the Prince and Princess of Wales also desire a modicum of privacy and normality for their three children.—
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That sense of normalcy lowered suspicion.—
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As Venezuelans attempt to regain a semblance of normalcy after the US capture of President Nicolás Maduro, authorities in the country are cracking down on any show of support to the beleaguered leader’s removal.—
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“Conventionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventionality. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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