widely believed

idiom

: according to most people's belief
She was widely believed to be guilty.

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But the team was widely believed to need to bolster its rotation at the trade deadline, and the club hung onto its top five prospects and dealt for Rays starter Zach Eflin and Marlins starter Trevor Rogers. Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025 Israel is widely believed to be the only country with a nuclear weapons program in the Middle East, but has never acknowledged the existence of its arsenal. Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025 An ad featuring her advocacy of giving conversion surgery to transgender prison inmates was, it’s widely believed, the single most effective spot of the campaign. Dan Walters, Mercury News, 19 June 2025 It’s widely believed that the brain releases large amounts of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) at the time of death. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for widely believed

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“Widely believed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widely%20believed. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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