conventional wisdom

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Nonetheless, their estimates serve as a useful read on Wall Street’s conventional wisdom about a company.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

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

But conventional wisdom often has it all wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 16, 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