conventional wisdom
Example Sentences
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The conventional wisdom is that higher energy prices and expectations of more debt issuance are the culprit, but faster growth and competition for capital are contributing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The conventional wisdom is that after “Batman” he was usually just playing Jack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
And if the conventional wisdom about a candidate is a lot friendlier on that platform than on a competitor’s, I’d spend some extra time interrogating why that might be happening.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
And while conventional wisdom says you should always cook what you know when hosting, I think that’s baloney.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The conventional wisdom at the time held that expressions were culturally determined—that is, we simply used our faces according to a set of learned social conventions.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
