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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
Church’s description of increasing emotional waves, arriving without warning years after the loss, suggests the process is far less predictable than conventional wisdom suggests.
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Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
SimpleImages/Getty Images The conventional wisdom has always been to buy gold when stocks and other traditional investment vehicles look shaky.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
The second is that, by giving Sean Penn its trophy, BAFTA dispelled a major piece of conventional wisdom, which held that Penn and co-star Benicio del Toro would continue to split votes at the bigger awards bodies.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
So, will the Chargers select an offensive lineman with their first-round pick, as the conventional wisdom would suggest?
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
SimpleImages/Getty Images The conventional wisdom has always been to buy gold when stocks and other traditional investment vehicles look shaky.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
The second is that, by giving Sean Penn its trophy, BAFTA dispelled a major piece of conventional wisdom, which held that Penn and co-star Benicio del Toro would continue to split votes at the bigger awards bodies.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
So, will the Chargers select an offensive lineman with their first-round pick, as the conventional wisdom would suggest?
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventional wisdom
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The conference committee report for House Bill 1343 passed mostly along party line votes with the Senate voting 37-11 and the House voting 65-29.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Democrats said the measure could be sent to the new Government Oversight Committee for further study, and the amendment was defeated on a strict party line vote by 98 to 47 with six members absent.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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In testing, the model showed stronger robustness to noise and better generalization across different facial shapes compared to conventional approaches.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, recent advancements in multimodal AI (models that can process multiple types of information, like visual and audio at once) are improving robots’ generalization capabilities for everyday tasks.—
Eric Schmidt,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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Such double-headers are far from commonplace in English football, but are becoming more frequent.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The most commonplace and the most concerning, as a consequence, come by way of phishing campaigns.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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His opening montage and monologue was nearly 20 minutes long, his bits between categories played on boring stereotypes and cheap punchlines.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Besides speech, there is also concern about the impact of politicians and other public figures weaponizing stereotypes to incite hate crimes and discrimination.—
STEFANIE DAZIO,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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Hadi’s daily routine increasingly became a collection of responsibilities and odd jobs that others had abandoned.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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While that hesitation is healthy (generally, reimagining your routine as often as social media encourages isn’t always best), turns out there is actual merit to tweaking your products along with the evolving seasons.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2026
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