conventional wisdom
noun
: the generally accepted belief, opinion, judgment, or prediction about a particular matter
Examples of conventional wisdom in a Sentence
Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.
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Climate change is thinning Arctic sea ice, but contrary to conventional wisdom that’s making shipping through the North American Arctic more difficult.
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Francisco "a.j." Camacho, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2024
Streaming is, after all, in the midst of a chaos era marked by companies’ dramatic departures from conventional wisdom about how to build a sustainable subscription business—including the assumption that people would rather pay a premium fee than watch ads.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
The Fed tries to wrangle inflation by deliberately cooling the economy through higher interest rates, so the latest GDP report went against that conventional wisdom.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 31 July 2024
Since at least the 1990s, the conventional wisdom among presidents and their close advisers has been that jawboning the Fed is counterproductive.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
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Francisco "a.j." Camacho, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2024
Streaming is, after all, in the midst of a chaos era marked by companies’ dramatic departures from conventional wisdom about how to build a sustainable subscription business—including the assumption that people would rather pay a premium fee than watch ads.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
The Fed tries to wrangle inflation by deliberately cooling the economy through higher interest rates, so the latest GDP report went against that conventional wisdom.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 31 July 2024
Since at least the 1990s, the conventional wisdom among presidents and their close advisers has been that jawboning the Fed is counterproductive.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Conventional wisdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conventional%20wisdom. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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