growing consensus

noun

: increasing agreement among people

There is a growing consensus about/on the need for further investigation.

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Her victory reflects the growing consensus on housing in a city long known for its resistance to growth. —

Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024 The new findings add to a growing consensus that there may be more to the moon’s history than what the Apollo samples revealed. —

Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024 The department’s call is one more sign of the growing consensus that smart devices and screens need to be brought under control in the nation’s schools. —

Peter Greene, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 The growing consensus among industry veterans is that young people — Gen Z and below — have started to retreat from the cinema, with their rates of moviegoing in freefall. —

Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for growing consensus

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