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- noun Plural form of
conventional .
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Examples
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On Curent projections non-conventionals would only meet about 7-9% of world demand in 2012.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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And a lot of the clients that we have featured in this growth assets beyond conventionals have pretty aggressive upfront decline.
unknown title 2011
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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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