conventional wisdom
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In the end, Nick and Charlie decide to give their relationship another shot, confident that their love can defy the conventional wisdom that teen romances rarely last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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
As Stifel’s Jonathan Siegmann notes, “It’s conventional wisdom that SpaceX timelines always slip.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Nonetheless, their estimates serve as a useful read on Wall Street’s conventional wisdom about a company.
From Barron's ● May 8, 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
