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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