conventional wisdom
Example Sentences
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That’s the conventional wisdom when it comes to the Michigan Senate race.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Notably, Karp adds, the results were achieved “with a miniscule and shrinking sales headcount, another way in which we have discarded conventional wisdom in favor of our own, unique path.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
The conventional wisdom is that federal government debt — $39.1 trillion, or a mere $31.6 trillion when accounting for the liabilities owed to itself — is astronomically high.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The rules for pursuing inmates there are not hard and fast, but the conventional wisdom says that it’s smarter to wait for the pursued to leave.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
