consensus
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“With the stock being up 22% year-to-date, we believe a modest cut to consensus EPS is likely to weigh on the share.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
If we used the $56.87 a share consensus for Micron’s fiscal year through August, it would have been 7.2 times earnings.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Lawyers have also yet to reach a consensus on how employment law will be updated so digital twins can be governed consistently.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
This epistemic shift has birthed a lucrative wellness industry, featuring all manner of advice, concerns, and devices, where a frightening sales pitch or emotional story takes the place of scientific consensus.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
In a similar manner, centuries of respectable writers have gradually shifted the collective consensus of what is right and wrong while shrugging off now-forgotten edicts by self-appointed guardians of the language.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing consensus
Power Prefix: con-
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