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
Does that qualify as bold, picking a consensus preseason top-five team?
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The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Looking ahead, Solca commented that Moncler Group’s Moncler’s third-quarter sales growth was ahead of consensus by 1 percent, adding that the Moncler brand wholesale result was better than expected.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
This is the mark of a visionary—not waiting for consensus, but creating the future while others pontificate about it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
But now the Kantian consensus seems to be crumbling.
—Adam Kirsch, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Looking ahead, Solca commented that Moncler Group’s Moncler’s third-quarter sales growth was ahead of consensus by 1 percent, adding that the Moncler brand wholesale result was better than expected.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
This is the mark of a visionary—not waiting for consensus, but creating the future while others pontificate about it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
But now the Kantian consensus seems to be crumbling.
—Adam Kirsch, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consensus
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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There’s near-universal agreement from all kinds of housing observers that the affordability crisis is one of (non)-supply and demand.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The exploitation of the Studio TF1 library titles is done is in unison with the group’s cinema production division led by Nathalie Toulza Madar, which also oversees the catalog and restorations.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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When walking is introduced for a period of six to 12 months, a person’s brain activity functions better in unison than someone who doesn’t participate in the same form of exercise.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensus. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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