growing consensus
noun
: increasing agreement among people
There is a growing consensus about/on the need for further investigation.
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The topic of its anticancer effects showed no significant opposition in the literature, indicating a growing consensus, although clinical trials are still limited.
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Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Although a growing consensus has swung toward underestimating China’s power and overstating America’s resurgence, that thinking echoes past cycles of misjudgment.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
With multiple co-sponsors, there is a growing consensus with the political right on Bitcoin's strategic importance and a desire to solidify its status as a reserve asset.
—Edan Yago, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Namely, given what CMS called a growing consensus among experts that obesity is a chronic disease associated with a large number of health risks ranging from diabetes to cancer, weight loss medicines should no longer be excluded from coverage.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Although a growing consensus has swung toward underestimating China’s power and overstating America’s resurgence, that thinking echoes past cycles of misjudgment.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
With multiple co-sponsors, there is a growing consensus with the political right on Bitcoin's strategic importance and a desire to solidify its status as a reserve asset.
—Edan Yago, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Namely, given what CMS called a growing consensus among experts that obesity is a chronic disease associated with a large number of health risks ranging from diabetes to cancer, weight loss medicines should no longer be excluded from coverage.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Growing consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growing%20consensus. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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