growing consensus

noun

: increasing agreement among people
There is a growing consensus about/on the need for further investigation.

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But as time went by, there was a growing consensus that Arsenal were too reliant on their right-hand side. Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 That growing consensus marks an important turning point, one that Mayor Mamdani reinforced last week in his draft Fair Housing Growth Strategy calling for 700,000 new affordable homes. David Schwartz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts. ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 Over the past decade, there has been a growing consensus that democracies around the world are facing a crisis from within. Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 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 24 Sep. 2026.

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