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

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