prevailing sentiment

Example Sentences

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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

But judging from the excitement on social media, the prevailing sentiment is hope the cash injection will make existing Bitcoin investors rich.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024

“Do you think this represents the prevailing sentiment around town?”

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin