National Convention
Americannoun
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French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
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U.S. Politics. a convention held every four years by each of the major political parties to nominate a presidential candidate.
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a convention held every four years by each major US political party to choose its presidential candidate
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French history the longest-lasting of the revolutionary assemblies, lasting from Sept 1792 to Oct 1795, when it was replaced by the Directory
Example Sentences
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For Lindy Li, the 2024 Democratic National Convention also proved a breaking point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In 2020, she said during remarks at the Republican National Convention that five years earlier she was “the victim of a notoriously deadly medical error.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"When I failed the chemotherapies that were on the market, no one wanted me in their clinical trials," she said at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"I wouldn't be alive today, if it wasn't for you," Harp told the Republican National Convention in 2020.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
All this, too, was before John Kerry invited him to give the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention being held in Boston.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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