consensuses

noun

plural of consensus
as in agreements
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 consensuses With cultural consensuses in disrepair and taste informed by an ever evolving spate of social media and streaming platforms, mainstream music trends were almost reliably fractious. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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agreements
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  • Reddit cheers; SerpApi prepares to fight If Reddit wins the fight, the popular online discussion forum could be in a better position to force all AI scrapers to enter into licensing agreements.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • France’s film industry also negotiated separate agreements with individual streamers governing both their cinema investment commitments and their place in the country’s windowing system.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 July 2026
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“Consensuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consensuses. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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