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
Operating under Khomeini’s authority, Khamenei operated less as an autonomous political force than as an instrument embedded within a broader clerical and revolutionary consensus.
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Roxane Razavi, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Strong and redshirt senior guard Azzi Fudd were also both named All-Americans by the WBCA, making both Huskies superstars consensus first-team All-Americans.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Mock Draft Database just assigned the slot and not the team, so perhaps the consensus is a trade of that pick by the Saints?
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
What emerged from the evening wasn’t consensus.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
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Roxane Razavi, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Strong and redshirt senior guard Azzi Fudd were also both named All-Americans by the WBCA, making both Huskies superstars consensus first-team All-Americans.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
Mock Draft Database just assigned the slot and not the team, so perhaps the consensus is a trade of that pick by the Saints?
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
What emerged from the evening wasn’t consensus.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consensus
Noun
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Start by reading the contract – that's the agreement between you and the car rental company.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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One lawsuit, filed against Guadalupe Centers by former human resources director Shirley Folch, was eventually dismissed by agreement from the two sides last year, while another, filed against Guadalupe Centers Charter Schools by former Superintendent James Hammen, remains pending.—
Nathan Pilling
March 31,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hulu set the mood for the evening when two dozen young women, dressed in their Gilead wife-training school’s purple uniforms, walked in solemn unison down the carpet, each carrying a small pie and boarding a bus with curtains covering the windows.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Kronsted studied the mechanism by which large audiences start moving in unison with a rhythm, and argued that human emotion isn’t manufactured independently inside the brain.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Consensus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensus. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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