prevailing sentiment
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So far, however, the prevailing sentiment on Wall Street is that while airlines may reduce their capacity slightly, it won’t be by as much as they did this spring and summer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Just a few months ago, the prevailing sentiment around AI use at many big companies was the more, the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The prevailing sentiment within the industry is that the market can accommodate multiple winners.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
All that lucre couldn’t override the prevailing sentiment among discontented voters who were ready, after nearly eight years of the uber-outsider Arnold Schwarzenegger, to embrace the tried-and-true experience of the reemergent Jerry Brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
“Do you think this represents the prevailing sentiment around town?”
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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