widely believed

idiom

: according to most people's belief
She was widely believed to be guilty.

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Increasing the scale of AI training with more computing power and data is widely believed to be key to developing significantly more capable AI models. Paresh Dave, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024 Stablecoins — widely believed to be crypto’s killer app — were a bright spot in the third quarter. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024 The attack was widely believed to be carried out by Israel. Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024 The site of the shooting, which is widely believed to have been an assassination plot coordinated with the FBI, is also one of the sites receiving a historical marker. Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for widely believed 

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“Widely believed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widely%20believed. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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