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
Examples of keynote address in a Sentence
Many of the convention guests left after the keynote address.
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During a keynote address at the Perspectives Spatiales 2025 event in Paris, European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space Andrius Kubilius outlined the challenging position the continent's space sector finds itself in, European Spaceflight reports.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, investors will likely be tuning in to President Donald Trump’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
On a warm June morning about three weeks after the big meeting at 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Sunak stepped up to a lectern at a tech conference in London to give a keynote address.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Angelou accepted the request and gave the keynote address to the Coalition’s seventh annual conference in Kentucky.
—TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, investors will likely be tuning in to President Donald Trump’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
On a warm June morning about three weeks after the big meeting at 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Sunak stepped up to a lectern at a tech conference in London to give a keynote address.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Angelou accepted the request and gave the keynote address to the Coalition’s seventh annual conference in Kentucky.
—TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Keynote address.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keynote%20address. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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