conventional wisdom

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If a subway would work anywhere in modern Los Angeles, conventional wisdom said, it was along Wilshire Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

“Unlike a lot of the conventional wisdom that AI is going to eliminate people, we see AI here as something that’s going to cause people to be far more productive,” he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Trump is a political survivor who has demonstrated a remarkable ability to confound conventional wisdom.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Against the conventional wisdom that civil rights were fundamentally different from political rights, Black Americans insisted that both were vital to make real America’s most cherished constitutional ideals.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

But more often, as with Mitch Snyder’s homeless “statistics,” one side wins the war of conventional wisdom.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt