How to Use keynote in a Sentence

keynote

1 of 2 noun
  • Humor is the keynote of the play.
  • The main event of the day was the keynote speech by Takei, who was 5 years old when his family was at the camp.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2023
  • The note sounded determined the key in which the song would be performed; thus, the term keynote.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • A couple of them approached me a few years ago to give the keynote talk at a meeting on my work.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
  • On stage at one end of the garden, a man in front of a huge screen is delivering a Steve Jobs–style keynote.
    Nicholas Foulkes, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In his keynote speech the following morning, Davis did not broach FTX.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The theme of the keynote was high-performance and adaptive computing to help solve problems.
    Kevin Krewell, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • That comes down to August 30th for a September 6th keynote.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Aug. 2022
  • During the iPhone 11 keynote, the company unveiled the one and only Slofie feature.
    José Adorno, BGR, 29 Dec. 2022
  • And of course, the iOS 16 announcement is one of the most highly anticipated segments of the keynote.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 5 June 2022
  • That changed when the next-gen AirPods Pro were announced at Apple's fall keynote event earlier this month.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Thought Little of Money This incident was in a certain way a keynote to which the scale of our society was pitched.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • He is set to deliver the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of COP28 on Friday.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the first day keynote session, Jonathan Davidson addressed the need for simplicity.
    Will Townsend, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The evening keynote will be given by Jorge Quiroga, former president of Bolivia.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But a report a few days ago said that Apple might hold the iPhone 14 launch keynote earlier than expected.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Or maybe half the keynote will be rendered in the video game Resident Evil Village (naturally made on a Mac).
    Alex Cranz, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2023
  • For $30 extra, a VIP ticket will get you free drinks, front-row seating, and a backstage meet-and-greet with Hendricks, the keynote designer.
    Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Bard will also support a dark theme for the first time, a feature that elicited the biggest cheer from the Google employee audience at the I/O keynote.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 10 May 2023
  • Once he was done with a portion of the keynote, Jobs would lower his voice, walk off the stage, and listen carefully to what people thought about his performance.
    Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 5 June 2022
  • Net-net, my conversations with each of the GMs and Gelsinger’s keynote have increased my confidence in the company and its future prospects.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In previous years, Apple has also streamed its keynote on YouTube.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Ha was there to give the keynote speech for the World Korean Business Conference, historically known as the hansang.
    Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Usually, there is always a keynote in the conception of a new menu that tends to determine the orientation of the dishes.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Apple also streams its keynote through its YouTube channel.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022
  • The conference is scheduled to run through the rest of the week, ending with a keynote speech from former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In his keynote last year, Thorne gave a damning indictment of how the British TV industry has dealt with disability, both in front of and behind the camera.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Apple observers think the chances of glimpsing a wearable display during the course of Monday’s keynote is unlikely.
    Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 6 June 2022
  • Supercharged suggested those would be the only changes to the new iPads and said that they would be announced via press release and media briefings rather than a keynote event.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2023
  • More details on the event will be available in the future, including activities leading up to the main keynote program on the 29th of September.
    Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
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keynote

2 of 2 verb
  • Want to have dinner next to keynote chefs and sommeliers?
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Critics of her appearance and keynote speech have been played up by media foes of the White House.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2020
  • For the first time, Golf Channel televised a portion of it as well, including all of Mia Hamm’s keynote.
    Rob Sauerhaft, USA TODAY, 21 June 2019
  • In a show of party unity Buchanan was awarded the opening night keynote at that year’s GOP convention.
    Zeke Miller, The Seattle Times, 4 Feb. 2019
  • Nvidia didn’t pull any punches during its big CES 2019 keynote on Sunday night.
    Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 7 Jan. 2019
  • As a practicing Catholic, Swain had been awed by Hayhoe’s keynote the day before.
    Dan Zak, Washington Post, 15 July 2019
  • The term keynote began as the practice of playing a note before a group, such as a cappella or barbershop, started singing.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2019
  • On Sunday morning, reporters arriving for Xi’s keynote speech were turned away if they weren’t dressed formally enough.
    Bloomberg.com, 14 May 2017
  • Following September’s keynote that brought us three new iPhones, only a month and a half later, Apple execs have again taken the stage to announce more products.
    Hanna Howard, Teen Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
  • Josh Linkner is a tech entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author and keynote speaker.
    Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2017
  • His latest foray threw plans for May’s keynote Brexit speech in Florence into disarray.
    Robert Hutton, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Network, listen to keynote speeches from industry leaders, and learn about the latest technology and trends.
    Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018
  • On Tuesday, weeks after the shooting, Florida Democrats announced Pritzker will keynote the state's leadership gala this weekend.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 13 July 2022
  • Steve Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist who was found guilty of criminal contempt of Congress last month for defying a subpoena from the committee, will keynote a speech on Friday.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In panels and keynote speeches Tuesday, speakers swapped strategies and encouraged local leaders to look across the country for creative solutions.
    Melissa Repko, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Eventually, Brown was called back to the beauty industry, traveling to India to keynote the country's first makeup show and then being asked by Masterclass to be an expert and teach makeup.
    Amena Saad, Fortune, 25 June 2021
  • The event will feature a presentation and keynote speeches from members of the segregated school’s basketball team that won its first state basketball championship in 1955, marking the first time an all-black school won an open state tournament.
    Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Another Fox contributor, Tomi Lahren, keynoted the event in 2018.
    Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Mohan’s keynote at VidCon came after a rough 12 months for the company, which has been under attack for showcasing too many conspiracy, hate and fake news videos alongside legitimate work from the folks who attend VidCon.
    Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 13 July 2019
  • Professor Cornel West is scheduled to keynote a leadership conference in Detroit on Thursday.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Since then, Essence Fest has evolved from big-name concert headliners to include workshops, panel discussions, and keynote speeches about politics, technology, health, style, beauty, and cooking.
    refinery29.com, 10 July 2018
  • This will be followed by three separate technology keynotes running in parallel.
    Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Epic Games used a striking demo at a Game Developers Conference keynote presentation this morning to show just how much better raytracing can make real-time, interactive graphics look with top-of-the-line hardware right now.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The marathon keynote received ingratiating praise from ambassadors and delegates.
    Jessica Meyers, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • A month later, reports circulated that Orban had invited Trump to pay a visit to Hungary and perhaps keynote a major gathering of Western nationalists.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 18 May 2022
  • Your closing keynote conversation with Arianna was truly memorable—a perfect chaser to our mind-blowing opening day keynote with Tony Robbins.
    Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2018
  • High-profile national Republicans, such as McCarthy, often keynote the dinner.
    Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 7 July 2022
  • The day’s keynote panel, moderated by Teng Chamcharus of the Smithsonian, featured leaders from outside the traditional museum field whose work focuses on serving communities.
    Anna Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Last year’s keynote was more focused on developments in artificial intelligence.
    Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
  • Augmented and virtual reality expert Cathy Hackl will keynote the conference.
    Marco Santana, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2018

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