consensus of opinion
noun phrase
: a general opinion shared by all the people in a group
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Lower Level Support Services The consensus of opinion right now appears to gravitate towards driving coding assistance services towards the lower-level services needed to manage applications, rather than any more cerebral or upper-level ability to create apps themselves.
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Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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“Consensus of opinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consensus%20of%20opinion. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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