community sentiment

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What is hardest to get at is the prevailing community sentiment.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2025

“It was what it was, and it couldn’t have been any different. But I think for the most part, I’m sensing the community sentiment is: ‘Thank God for the fire department.’

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2024

Incumbent Leslie Harris is stepping down, and Maryanne Wood’s impassioned candidacy, spurred by her opposition to what she calls “the megaschool” plan, should serve as a barometer of community sentiment in Harris’ wake.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023

But she believes community sentiment is turning and that is encouraging.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023

Not to be one's brother's keeper and not to assent to the dictates of community sentiment were indications of moral laxity.

From Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Turner, Frederick Jackson