as in party line
opinions or beliefs that are held or accepted by most people
Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.
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Recent Examples of conventional wisdom
The conventional wisdom was that no American could be elected pope while the US remained the world’s dominant power.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Remember, too, that while the conventional wisdom dictates that a new mortgage rate that's a full percentage point lower than your current one is worth pursuing, sometimes a rate that's just half a percentage point lower could also be valuable.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
That was conventional wisdom until 2010, when California anglers shattered that myth with their swimbaits at an FLW Tour event at Lake Ouachita.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
One of the first clues that the conventional wisdom about willpower was wrong came in 2015.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026
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Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Remember, too, that while the conventional wisdom dictates that a new mortgage rate that's a full percentage point lower than your current one is worth pursuing, sometimes a rate that's just half a percentage point lower could also be valuable.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
That was conventional wisdom until 2010, when California anglers shattered that myth with their swimbaits at an FLW Tour event at Lake Ouachita.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
One of the first clues that the conventional wisdom about willpower was wrong came in 2015.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventional wisdom
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Republicans are preparing a plan to fund ice and to fund a CBP on a party line vote through a process known as reconciliation, Democrats had the standoff to demand policy changes that never happened here.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Nassau County executive, who has no serious opposition in the GOP primary for governor, was denied funding by the state Campaign Finance Board by a 4-3 party line vote because his running mate failed to file required paperwork.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Parachute Journalism Parachute journalism refers to the practice of briefly visiting a location, observing limited aspects of it, and subsequently producing articles that may rely on broad generalizations about the destination.—
Suzanne Dundas,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Experiments show early signs of compositional generalization, where the model recombines learned skills to solve new problems.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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In the early 2000s, Sears began to use its website — the new iteration of its catalog — to help pioneer the now-commonplace practices of buying goods online and picking them up in store.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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By the time Szeemann was invited to organize two consecutive installments of the Venice Biennale (in 1999 and 2001), the criticism of curators’ assuming the role of meta-artists, in Szeemann’s case with quasi-shamanistic aspirations, had become a commonplace.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Despite persistent stereotypes, Japan hasn’t widely embraced the idea of robots as friends.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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Treating rap lyrics as diary entries minimizes their artistic value while playing on negative racial stereotypes to influence jurors, experts say.—
Maria Sherman,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Her son receives special services for a disability at Lake Center Elementary, and home routines are harder without this support.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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During the last decade, Parker’s routine has fostered one of the country’s most compelling new music scenes, where players from diverse backgrounds and demographics have converged to create wildly accessible improvised music.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Conventional wisdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conventional%20wisdom. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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