How to Use consensus in a Sentence

consensus

noun

• There is a lack of consensus among the citizens.
• The decision was made by consensus.
• Everyone on the council seems to understand the need for consensus.
• There seems to be a consensus around this.
  — Tamsin Gable, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• But there is some consensus on what went wrong.
  — Justin Papp, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
• The consensus here is that ground flaxseed is the way to go.
  — Sarah Garone, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
• There’s no consensus on what should be done.
  — Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
• But there isn’t consensus on how to save these species.
  — Darian Woods, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
• There’s more consensus around what needs to go.
  — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
• And that consensus can cost you big.
  — Benjamin D. Summers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• That didn’t seem to be the consensus among my friends, though.
  — Ruthie Ackerman, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
• And if there was no consensus, then the girls’ schools would not open.
  — New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• What emerged from the evening wasn’t consensus.
  — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
• There’s no clear consensus on when and how these dogs should be used to bite.
  — Abbie Vansickle and Challen Stephens, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2020
• None of these were consensus picks.
  — Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 2026
• They’re cursed, and there’s no consensus on a cause or how to break it.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
• That consensus has since been smashed.
  — Ariel David, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2026
• This seems to be the consensus among many of the Mets.
  — Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
• The league-wide consensus, less so.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 8 May 2026
• Ives’ call is in line with consensus on the Street.
  — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
• Roth's call is in line with consensus on the Street.
  — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 1 June 2026
• But there seems to be a consensus that the number is not small.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 11 June 2021
• Marist found no clear consensus among Democrats on what to do.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
• And his opinion is more or less consensus at this point.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• The bank's call falls in line with consensus on the Street.
  — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
• For the time being, any form of consensus is still a long way off.
  — Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
• But at the same time, he’s not driven by the consensus view.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
• But over the past few weeks, that consensus is no longer so unified.
  — Fortune, 7 Feb. 2022
• Citi's call goes against consensus on the Street.
  — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 15 June 2026
• That was a consensus opinion all my adult life.
  — NBC news, 10 May 2026