keynote address
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of keynote address
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Salzburg, Austria — “Optimism doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine,” the Belarusian flutist and political activist Maria Kalesnikava said in this year’s Salzburg Festival keynote address.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Several students walked out of their Stanford University graduation ceremony as Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage to deliver a keynote address.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Something had shifted over those few days, a shift most eloquently expressed in Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s keynote address.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
Nvidia GTC 2026, the global artificial-intelligence conference, kicks off with a keynote address from CEO Jensen Huang.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
He started his campaign auspiciously enough with an overture to James Conant, who visited Berkeley in May to deliver the keynote address at Charter Day, the university’s annual founding celebration.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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