as in agreement
the state of being of one opinion about something
finally reached a consensus on how to spend the money that the club had raised
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Recent Examples of consensus
Market consensus is that further stimulus is needed to bolster a fragile economic recovery, Reuters reported.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
The consensus opinion is that the Social Security trust funds will be in dire straits in the next 10 years and that recipients will take an approximately 20% haircut.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
Among the most prominent leaders of the modern LGBTQ+ movement, there is consensus on many things.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Cooper Flagg’s journey to the NBA Flagg was a no-brainer selection at No. 1 as the consensus top player in the draft despite starting college a year earlier than most prospects after reclassifying to graduate from high school a year earlier in 2024.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
The consensus opinion is that the Social Security trust funds will be in dire straits in the next 10 years and that recipients will take an approximately 20% haircut.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
Among the most prominent leaders of the modern LGBTQ+ movement, there is consensus on many things.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Cooper Flagg’s journey to the NBA Flagg was a no-brainer selection at No. 1 as the consensus top player in the draft despite starting college a year earlier than most prospects after reclassifying to graduate from high school a year earlier in 2024.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consensus
Noun
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There are still a number of pending cases in which courts haven’t reached any major rulings yet, such as Trump’s defunding of NPR and the government’s agreement with El Salvador to imprison migrants.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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The agreement comes during French President Macron symbolic trip to London in a first state visit for any European leader to the UK since the Brexit.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
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To accomplish this, developers must view their suppliers as strategic partners and work in unison to leverage their expertise, domain knowledge and supply chain management.—
Linda De Jesus,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Nissan is also taking on Trump's tough tariff talk head-on, creating an ad campaign surrounding it that debuted in unison with the New York International Auto Show earlier this year.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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“Consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensus. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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