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.
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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 -
The 30-year run for that bit of conventional wisdom has, at least for now, come to an end.
— John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021 -
This dashes much of the conventional wisdom of the Trump era.
— W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021 -
The conventional wisdom is that Trump is a threat to the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.
— Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2020 -
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 -
The conventional wisdom among investors hasn’t changed for years: Stocks beat bonds in the long run.
— Mark Hulbert, WSJ, 8 June 2020 -
For months, the mayor and the chief have coasted on this conventional wisdom and no plan.
— Jeremiah Ellison, Star Tribune, 2 Dec. 2020 -
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 -
Contrary to conventional wisdom, 2024 is not the first time it's been like this.
— Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
And right now the conventional wisdom seems to be that the country has taken a rightward tilt.
— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025 -
The conventional wisdom is the union won’t succeed, so most experts are looking to see how close the vote will be.
— New York Times, 31 Mar. 2021 -
This achievement and the paths that led to it defy the conventional wisdom that prevailed for at least 30 years.
— Hillel Fradkin, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020 -
The conventional wisdom leading up to the election was that Trump was doomed.
— Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2020 -
Lukas Reichel has played on the fourth line and, contrary to conventional wisdom, thrived in that role.
— Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024 -
Sedans are dead, at least that's the conventional wisdom.
— David Beard, Car and Driver, 30 Oct. 2020 -
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 -
If true, this fact could shatter much of the conventional wisdom about AI.
— Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
Trump has a mandate to take on the political establishment and upend its conventional wisdom.
— Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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