reach a consensus
idiom
: to come to an agreement
Scientists have not reached a consensus on the cause of the disease.
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Lawmakers couldn’t reach a consensus on tax exemptions for data centers, which may lose their exemption on an electricity tax as part of the deal.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
If their slim majorities in the House and Senate can’t reach a consensus on how to do it, the deal could collapse.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Or consider doing something akin to this approach, asking several LLMs and trying to reach a consensus on which AGI definition seems best.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Democrats have been struggling to reach a consensus on a way forward following Trump’s return to the White House in January.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 25 Apr. 2025
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
If their slim majorities in the House and Senate can’t reach a consensus on how to do it, the deal could collapse.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Or consider doing something akin to this approach, asking several LLMs and trying to reach a consensus on which AGI definition seems best.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Democrats have been struggling to reach a consensus on a way forward following Trump’s return to the White House in January.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Reach a consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reach%20a%20consensus. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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