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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Recent Examples of consensus
Kicking Margulis and Dyson out of polite scientific society for these consensus violations would have impoverished science.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Clearly, there's more work to be done before there’s a consensus on if this signature is real and if DMS is a reliable biosignature.
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The nineteen-forties and fifties were supposedly an era of liberal consensus, when both parties agreed on the virtues of the welfare state and a U.S.-led international order.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Starmer is one of few leaders who have floated sending troops into Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, although there appears to be no consensus across Europe on a willingness to commit NATO forces to an effort to uphold a ceasefire.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Clearly, there's more work to be done before there’s a consensus on if this signature is real and if DMS is a reliable biosignature.
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The nineteen-forties and fifties were supposedly an era of liberal consensus, when both parties agreed on the virtues of the welfare state and a U.S.-led international order.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Starmer is one of few leaders who have floated sending troops into Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, although there appears to be no consensus across Europe on a willingness to commit NATO forces to an effort to uphold a ceasefire.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensus. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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