popular belief
Example Sentences
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Contrary to the popular belief of many fans, for instance, Jones bears much of the responsibility for the rift with his bandmates and his tragic demise.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Contrary to popular belief, space food isn’t just freeze-dried packages or long tubes of bland, colorless and soulless slop.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
"We found that, contrary to popular belief, closing one's eyes actually impairs the ability to detect these sounds," said author Yu Huang.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
That’s the argument from economists at Barclays led by Jonathan Miller, who brushed back a popular belief on the impact of artificial-intelligence capital expenditures.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025
Another popular belief among scientists has been the notion that the crew may have chosen to stay beneath the surface until the ships that came to the Housatonic’s aid left the scene.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
