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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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But history has a strange way of defying the conventional wisdom.
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
In turn, companies begin investing in more productive jobs with higher wages, challenging the conventional wisdom about UI and economic dynamism.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 26 June 2024
Whether led by great hubris or sweet naivete, Treadwell ignored all common sense and conventional wisdom about the animals and began to consider them as friends.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Ben Barry, land warfare analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said that while its wider strategic goals remained unclear, Ukraine had exposed Russian shortcomings and overturned the conventional wisdom on the war that neither side could advance without heavy losses.
—Reuters, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2024
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
In turn, companies begin investing in more productive jobs with higher wages, challenging the conventional wisdom about UI and economic dynamism.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 26 June 2024
Whether led by great hubris or sweet naivete, Treadwell ignored all common sense and conventional wisdom about the animals and began to consider them as friends.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Ben Barry, land warfare analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said that while its wider strategic goals remained unclear, Ukraine had exposed Russian shortcomings and overturned the conventional wisdom on the war that neither side could advance without heavy losses.
—Reuters, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Conventional wisdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventional%20wisdom. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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