How to Use growing consensus in a Sentence

growing consensus

noun
  • There’s a growing consensus that the family needs to start anew with a clean slate.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a growing consensus that even the most venerated sports format will need to be updated.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
  • His longstanding crusade against Israel is looking more and more in keeping with the growing consensus on the left, as well.
    — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a growing consensus among experts that youth should be exposed to AI fairly early on, albeit very thoughtfully.
    — Jerel Ezell, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Additionally, there’s a growing consensus that holistic care is best to relieve menopause symptoms, which includes making healthy lifestyle shifts.
    — Bonnie Vengrow, Flow Space, 6 Feb. 2026
  • After three months of solid job growth and rising inflation, there is growing consensus among Fed policymakers for a hike later this year.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Travelers like to blame their airline, car rental company or hotel for their terrible trip, but there seems to be a growing consensus that many of the troubles are self-inflicted.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Given how things have unfolded thus far, a growing consensus has formed regarding Parsons' standing with the Cowboys.
    — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Although there are still several months left in the year, there’s a growing consensus that the Brick by Brick is one of 2025’s top sneaker drops.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Certainly, the future of that market is a wild card, but there’s a growing consensus that even if China won’t buy what Nvidia is selling, the company will still be okay.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Indeed, there is a growing consensus that the 41-year-old might be holding back Portugal, who may have better options at this stage of the veteran’s career.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • There is a growing consensus around the world that adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria need love and an opportunity to talk through their struggles and feelings.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Their advocacy reflects a growing consensus that social media’s negative effects on kids’ mental health and social lives outweigh the benefits.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2026
  • His remarks reflect a growing consensus that golf’s visibility suffers when stacked against America’s most dominant sport.
    — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The work from Ding's team reflects a growing consensus in the scientific literature that around 7,000 steps could be a reasonable target for the public.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 14 Aug. 2025
  • While those within the industry do have motivations to hype up their own tools, there is a growing consensus that the industry has already been fundamentally changed by the rise of AI coding tools.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Both Democrats and Republicans have taken up the cause, reflecting a growing consensus that phones are bad for kids’ mental health and take their focus away from learning, even as some researchers say the issue is less clear-cut.
    — Jeff Amy, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • That op-ed reflects the growing consensus among economists, physicians and patient advocates that the End Kidney Deaths Act is the most effective path forward.
    — Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Meth sentencing decisions are often based on outdated data and assumptions, not science, according to a growing consensus of professionals who study the drug’s chemistry, effects and abuse patterns.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Meteorologists don't have the specific forecast ready yet, but there is a growing consensus that December will be a frigid one for parts of the United States, including the Midwest.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2025
  • That said, there’s a growing consensus among industry participants that quality data is one of the key bottlenecks to enterprises seeing adequate returns on their investments into AI.
    — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But the letter is yet another representation of the growing consensus on the left against consolidation that brings major news organizations under one roof, particularly when that house is owned by Ellison.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Analysts are once again pointing a finger at record AI spending, combined with the prospect of higher borrowing costs as a growing consensus expects the US Federal Reserve to hike interest rates by the end of the year.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 23 June 2026
  • There is a growing consensus among experts that Russia is already waging a hybrid war on the West by conducting sabotage operations and injecting chaos and disinformation into domestic political discussions.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The result was a series of rebukes from the European Union’s Court of Justice and the EU itself, and a growing consensus that Hungary had lost its status as a true constitutional democracy.
    — David Pozen, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • As for the midfield, there is a growing consensus on the need to sign a player capable of dictating the tempo of the game, something Madrid have been lacking since the departures of Toni Kroos in 2024 and Luka Modric in the summer.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The move on January 2nd responded to a growing consensus that the demand for High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) in AI applications is starting to rise.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The Federal Reserve’s recent move to unwind a 2023 policy that constrained certain innovative activities, along with public comments from Vice Chair Michelle Bowman, signals a growing consensus that new technologies can improve efficiency and client outcomes when implemented with responsibility.
    — Frank Sorrentino, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

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