keynote address
noun
: an address designed to present the issues of primary interest to an assembly (such as a political convention) and often to arouse unity and enthusiasm
called also keynote speech
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Many of the convention guests left after the keynote address.
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Nvidia unveiled the processors at CES in Las Vegas, where CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote address on Monday.
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. TV Group chairman and CEO, will deliver a keynote address at Mipcom in Cannes next month.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
The ceremony will include a keynote address from John F. Regni, who served as the 17th Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2005-2009, along with music from the Coast Guard Auxiliary Band.
Details: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Oracle co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the Oracle OpenWorld on October 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. TV Group chairman and CEO, will deliver a keynote address at Mipcom in Cannes next month.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
The ceremony will include a keynote address from John F. Regni, who served as the 17th Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2005-2009, along with music from the Coast Guard Auxiliary Band.
Details: 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Oracle co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the Oracle OpenWorld on October 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Keynote address.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keynote%20address. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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