as in party line
opinions or beliefs that are held or accepted by most people
Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.
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Recent Examples of conventional wisdom
At the time, conventional wisdom was that reducing inflammation, along with resting, would reduce pain and hasten healing.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Covino and Martin challenged the conventional wisdom on comedy’s global reach on Deadline’s recent Comedy Means Business podcast.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, conventional wisdom has long held that New York City simply isn’t a taco town.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
The reductive, conventional wisdom in the party held that nonwhite voters, especially Hispanic Americans, would be the key to a new Democratic national majority after the party’s miseries in the post-9/11 world.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Covino and Martin challenged the conventional wisdom on comedy’s global reach on Deadline’s recent Comedy Means Business podcast.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, conventional wisdom has long held that New York City simply isn’t a taco town.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
The reductive, conventional wisdom in the party held that nonwhite voters, especially Hispanic Americans, would be the key to a new Democratic national majority after the party’s miseries in the post-9/11 world.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventional wisdom
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The Senate confirmed Nachmanoff 52-46 in October 2021 largely on a party line vote, with three Republicans joining Democrats then in the majority to approve him.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Senate voted mostly along party lines to confirm Miran's appointment on Monday, less than 24 hours before this week's Fed meeting began.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Apart from a few childhood friends, his wife, Rosemary Hobor, knew him the longest, but shares generalizations more than revealing anecdotes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Much of his attention that evening is focused on Alma’s star doctoral student Maggie (Ayo Edebiri), who responds to his playful taunting about why her generation is so guarded by pinpointing it to the moment his generation started making sweeping generalizations about them.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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Talking about struggles, both past and present, can make the conversation commonplace and combat some of the fear that may fester in an indecisive personality.—
Janine Schindler,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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And with a rise in pro salaries making skipping college more commonplace for America’s teenage prospects, the landscape has further shifted and opened up.—
Molly Geary,
Sportico.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Youngism, the set of stereotypes and practices that discount younger workers as unreliable, lazy and disloyal, has outpaced any other type of ageism — and the economic impacts are startling.—
Jennifer Moss,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Young men are being labeled—and mocked—for taking on a persona that doesn’t conform to the traditional masculine stereotype, even though the traditional masculine stereotype is equally performative.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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Sadly, the effort to relocate those mice turned out to be a daily routine with no foreseeable end.—
Irv Erdos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Yet unlike romantic relationships (which most people naturally weave into their daily routines), our platonic ones rarely get that same kind of priority.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Conventional wisdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventional%20wisdom. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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