How to Use herd mentality in a Sentence
herd mentality
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One argued that what Janis took to be a herd mentality might just as well be seen as deliberate, venal compliance.
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David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Both saw intense hype, outsized capital allocation and a herd mentality.
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Salman Khan,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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People pressed together in herd mentality whenever and wherever there was rumored to be an NFL player, any player.
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Sam Whiting,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Feb. 2026
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Most definitions describe this kind of phenomenon as featuring a sharp decline in funding, and a herd mentality that considers the technology to be overhyped, and less popular or relevant in the future.
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John Werner,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Common biases include herd mentality, overconfidence, confirmation bias, loss aversion, and anchoring.
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Chris Stevens,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Oct. 2025
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