growing consensus
noun
: increasing agreement among people
There is a growing consensus about/on the need for further investigation.
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The growing consensus about Beal's future among NBA insiders, including The Athletic's Fred Katz, is that a buyout of the remaining two years on his contract is imminent.
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
But nothing is said about the half-century-long campaign for their return, or the growing consensus around its justice.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Where policymakers have moved ahead, there's a growing consensus around exceptions.
—CBS News, 21 May 2025
This agrees with a growing consensus within the AI community that benchmarks can be gamed or optimized in an AI model’s favor without providing value, efficiencies, savings or tangible benefits.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
But nothing is said about the half-century-long campaign for their return, or the growing consensus around its justice.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Where policymakers have moved ahead, there's a growing consensus around exceptions.
—CBS News, 21 May 2025
This agrees with a growing consensus within the AI community that benchmarks can be gamed or optimized in an AI model’s favor without providing value, efficiencies, savings or tangible benefits.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for growing consensus
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“Growing consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growing%20consensus. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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