consensus
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“A true leader is someone who leads. You need to build consensus and this person has not built any consensus.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Without a clear consensus, Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancelled the vote on that bill.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Total revenue for the quarter increased 9.9% to $5.66 billion, above the FactSet consensus of $5.44 billion, with membership fee income also up 9.9% to $132.4 million to beat expectations of $131.6 million.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
That was a little better than expectations of a consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal of the index to fall to 84.1.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
But the consensus came about through this conversation: This community needed to stage a demonstration outside the campus during school hours, something that would be dramatic, distracting, and unable to be ignored.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Vocabulary lists containing consensus
Power Prefix: con-
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