as in agreement
the state of being of one opinion about something
finally reached a consensus on how to spend the money that the club had raised
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His attitude was in line with the consensus of his era, a time when urban elites ruled unchallenged over Andean countries that remained very much the home of conquerors and the conquered.
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Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
March employment data came in well above economists’ expectations of 135,000 new jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, according to consensus estimates.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Growth in hourly wages of 0.30% also matched the consensus estimate.
—Josh Fellman, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025
The company caught a tailwind from fiscal third-quarter results that surpassed consensus estimates, per StreetAccount.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
March employment data came in well above economists’ expectations of 135,000 new jobs and an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, according to consensus estimates.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
Growth in hourly wages of 0.30% also matched the consensus estimate.
—Josh Fellman, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025
The company caught a tailwind from fiscal third-quarter results that surpassed consensus estimates, per StreetAccount.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensus. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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