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  • noun Plural form of conventional.

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Examples

  • On Curent projections non-conventionals would only meet about 7-9% of world demand in 2012.

    Ruling in Mass v EPA « Climate Audit 2007

  • True, a far higher percentage of hybrids than conventional mortgages have gone into foreclosure -- 9% of hybrids compared to 3% of conventionals.

    In Defense of 'Hybrids' James R. Barth 2007

  • Turning to Billings, he rasped, "Load up number one and two with conventionals, and ready number three with -" Dropping the earphones, he shouted, "Dammit-that was a torpedo being launched!"

    Total War Ahern, Jerry 1981

  • More than once I tried to break through the chill conventionals that made the staple of our conversation, but the girl was ice to me.

    A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • The condensers of the figure are merely conventionals to represent the condenser which the line itself forms.

    Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910

  • I'm going to speak as a mother to ye, whether ye likes it or no; and what old Berry says, you won't mind, for she's had ye when there was no conventionals about ye, and she has the feelin's of a mother to you, though humble her state.

    Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • I'm going to speak as a mother to ye, whether ye likes it or no; and what old Berry says, you won't mind, for she's had ye when there was no conventionals about ye, and she has the feelin's of a mother to you, though humble her state.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Berry says, you won't mind, for she's had ye when there was no conventionals about ye, and she has the feelin's of a mother to you, though humble her state.

    Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868

  • And a lot of the clients that we have featured in this growth assets beyond conventionals have pretty aggressive upfront decline.

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  • The ex-Oratorian, fed from his youth up on trickery, and well aware of the double part played by a good many of the conventionals, said to himself: "From whom is Malin likely to obtain information when we ourselves know little or nothing?"

    An Historical Mystery Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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