How to Use conventional wisdom in a Sentence

conventional wisdom

noun

• Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.
• But counter to the conventional wisdom, some research shows that women may get better care after such closures.
  — Caitlin Owens, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
• But in a year when meme-stock mania exists, conventional wisdom is irrelevant.
  — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 15 June 2021
• But a growing contingent of medical experts is now questioning whether that conventional wisdom ought to apply to children.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
• For example, Dharma’s label says to use hot water, while conventional wisdom says to use cold water to avoid stains setting into the fabric.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
• Those agreements overturned decades of conventional wisdom that peace with the Palestinians had to come first, and constitute perhaps his most far-reaching achievement.
  — New York Times, 13 June 2021
• Loser: Donald Trump Before the debate, the conventional wisdom was that to have a strong night, Trump needed to do a few things.
  — Andrew Prokop, Vox, 11 Sep. 2024
• Springsteen’s return will also test the conventional wisdom that live recordings of Broadway shows cannibalize sales.
  — Lee Seymour, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics and conventional wisdom say that about one-fifth of small businesses don’t survive to their first birthday.
  — Tony Ward, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• The conventional wisdom would be to close down, take your lumps, wait it out, and hope for the best.
  — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
• Still, the conventional wisdom is that Democrats will get both bills in the end.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 24 Sep. 2021
• Geddes’ claim flew in the face of the conventional wisdom.
  — Christopher Preston, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2022
• This dashes much of the conventional wisdom of the Trump era.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021
• Sell was the conventional wisdom in April, and buy was all the rage during their red-hot May.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2021
• That flies in the face of conventional wisdom, which suggests that prices should slide as rates rise.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 July 2024
• After all, that’s the conventional wisdom that many of us grew up with.
  — Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
• And conventional wisdom would have it as Hill’s job to lose.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2022
• With the shot clock off and the score locked at 46, conventional wisdom would have called for Valley Vista’s star senior point guard to slow the game down.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2023
• Some of the new evidence challenges the conventional wisdom that had formed around the killing.
  — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• And one thing that's fascinating is that the conventional wisdom, which used to be true, used to be that this is about the power of the NRA.
  — NBC News, 29 May 2022
• On one hand, tip your hat to a team that has the courage to eschew conventional wisdom and pick kids way ahead of where they were slated to go.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
• Contrary to conventional wisdom, the power to abolish the monarchy doesn’t lie with the monarch alone.
  — Time, 15 Sep. 2022
• Now a study from the research firm Pied Piper appears to turn that conventional wisdom on its head.
  — John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022
• The conventional wisdom for what to do if you're caught in a rip current is to swim parallel to shore to try and escape it.
  — Cara Korte, CBS News, 6 June 2023
• But against all conventional wisdom, Canonero won — and then did it again two weeks later in the Preakness.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 8 May 2022
• Sometimes the best way to avoid crowds is to defy conventional wisdom.
  — Christopher Elliott, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• And that was sort of the conventional wisdom for a lot of gay comedians.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
• The conventional wisdom among analysts is that Haney and Campos will face off in the runoff.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
• The conventional wisdom was the race would be tight, and that something little would decide it.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2021
• The size of the ballot won’t set a record — the conventional wisdom is voters will see 10, maybe 11, statewide propositions this fall.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024