growing consensus

noun

: increasing agreement among people
There is a growing consensus about/on the need for further investigation.

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But as time went by, there was a growing consensus that Arsenal were too reliant on their right-hand side. — Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 That growing consensus marks an important turning point, one that Mayor Mamdani reinforced last week in his draft Fair Housing Growth Strategy calling for 700,000 new affordable homes. — David Schwartz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 Over the past decade, there has been a growing consensus that democracies around the world are facing a crisis from within. — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for growing consensus

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“Growing consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growing%20consensus. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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