How to Use growing consensus in a Sentence

growing consensus

noun
  • The pilot project was the largest test of prebunking so far and adds to a growing consensus in support of the theory.
    David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2023
  • There does seem to be a growing consensus that more oversight is needed.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
  • The new optimism is driven in part by the growing consensus among Democrats that President Joe Biden should bow out of the race.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 July 2024
  • There seems to be a growing consensus on Wall Street that the last gasp of inflation is either here already or on its way.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • There is growing consensus on these points, but all are easier said than done.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • Despite the growing consensus on the threats posed by China, debates continue over how best to meet them.
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But there’s a growing consensus that leaning back is a no-no under almost all circumstances.
    Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
  • But there's a growing consensus that leaning back is a no-no under almost all circumstances.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • The growing consensus among experts is that black plastic poses risks to human health and the environment.
    Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Now there’s a growing consensus on Wall Street that central bank officials could restart the hikes, meant to fight elevated inflation, as soon as July.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 June 2023
  • These programs reflect a growing consensus that whistleblowers can play a key–and cost-effective–role in protecting the public purse.
    Chris McLamb, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • One of the past decade’s biggest megatrends in ecology and biology is the growing consensus that sentience — and intelligence — are far more common than had been believed.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But, there’s a growing consensus that ferulic acid can be particularly effective in addressing those pesky dark marks on our skin.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 14 Aug. 2024
  • There’s now a growing consensus that America’s UI system has been broken for decades, cannot handle another recession, and is in urgent need of a major overhaul.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 26 June 2024
  • The complaints underline a growing consensus in the music industry that licensing is the only proper way forward.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 24 June 2024
  • But the growing consensus in Washington in favor of curbs on China, along with Beijing’s turn to more interventionist policies, may already have dented the enthusiasm of many firms.
    Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • There is growing consensus that meeting the needs of this new era requires a move beyond traditional audits to tools founded in collaboration and partnership.
    Janet Mensink, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Moreover, there’s growing consensus in the scientific community around the idea that Mars was once more habitable than its current thin atmosphere and dry surface would imply.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
  • But the growing consensus seems to be that India’s economy and pocketbook issues took precedence for many voters over the BJP’s avowedly religious and ideological project.
    Joshua Keating, Vox, 4 June 2024
  • But a growing consensus among researchers say that the condition is really a disorder of executive function, which describes skills like self-control, planning, and organizing.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Although Washington remains bitterly divided on most issues, there is a growing consensus that the era of engagement with China has come to an unceremonious close.
    Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2019
  • However, there is a growing consensus among researchers that vaccination is protective.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • However, there is a growing consensus among researchers that vaccination is protective.
    Julie Appleby, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The growing consensus among scientists is that pedophilia is biological in nature, and that keeping pedophilic urges at bay can be incredibly difficult.
    Danielle Bernstein, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The growing consensus that fighting disinformation is a legitimate government function provided an excuse for autocratic regimes around the world to crack down on critical speech.
    Joel Simon, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The growing consensus from experts, advocates and government officials is that increasing affordable housing is the key to reducing homelessness.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The resolution comes despite a growing consensus among legal scholars that Republicans have yet to put forward evidence that Mayorkas has committed an impeachable offense.
    Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
  • After decades of arms control agreements, security cooperation, and a growing consensus about the unacceptability of nuclear weapons, the world is now headed in the opposite direction.
    Nina Tannenwald, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018

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