growing consensus

noun

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

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And any hope Xi may have had of reprising China’s 2008 Olympics triumph at the 2022 Winter Olympics has been dashed by a growing consensus among many countries to at least partially boycott the games. Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2021 Jon Hicks/Getty Images On the heels of the Surgeon General's warning about the cancer risks of alcohol, there's a growing consensus that less is better. Allison Aubrey, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025 Her victory reflects the growing consensus on housing in a city long known for its resistance to growth. Rigel Robinson, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024 The new findings add to a growing consensus that there may be more to the moon’s history than what the Apollo samples revealed. Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024 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 31 Jan. 2025.

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