consensus
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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
Corporate America is close to wrapping up a stellar first-quarter earnings season, with 84% of companies in the S&P 500 beating consensus forecasts, topping the 10-year average of 76%.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Zoom posted adjusted earnings of $1.55 a share for the quarter ended April 30, compared with $1.43 a share last year and beating the $1.42 a share analyst consensus expectation.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
It is possible, too, that Holmes simply offered the attorney cash for the information, or deployed his false warmth and teary regret to seduce the attorney into revealing the group’s mounting consensus.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing consensus
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