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Examples of consensus
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They boast six or seven Pro Bowl selections, and at least one consensus All-Pro.
From the thenewstribune.com
In this time of political divisiveness, it seems to me we have a rare consensus.
From the sacbee.com
The general consensus was that a good season for this team would be 5 or 6 wins.
From the stltoday.com
Seeking consensus is an ethic that survives from the traditional native culture.
From the timesunion.com
That's a consensus of what analysts expect the company to earn in the near term.
From the businessweek.com
The room's consensus was that the song should be done just that way on Saturday.
From the democratandchronicle.com
She'll be a fat lot of good if she buys into the same old neo-liberal consensus.
From the guardian.co.uk
It now appears that Congressional leaders have been unable to reach a consensus.
From the economist.com
There is a similar article this week on political consensus in Politics Matters.
From the economist.com
- Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"
- Consensus is defined in English as, firstly - general agreement and, secondly - group solidarity of belief or sentiment. It has its origin in a Latin word meaning literally to feel together.
- Consensus is a problem in distributed computing that encapsulates the task of group agreement in the presence of faults.
- Medical consensus is a public statement on a particular aspect of medical knowledge available at the time it was written, and that is generally agreed upon as the evidence-based, state-of-the-art (or state-of-science) knowledge by a representative group of experts in that area. ...
- A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members; General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action; Average projected value, as in the finance term consensus forecast
- A consensual agreement or win-win outcome of collaborative problem-solving and conflict resolution. A consensus implies that debate has taken place, the solution is generally accepted rather than a grudging compromise, and that agreement is deep-rooted enough that it can stand for some time ...
- A result achieved through negotiation whereby a hybrid solution is arrived at between parties to an issue, dispute or disagreement, comprising typically of concessions made by all parties, and to which all parties then subscribe unanimously as an acceptable resolution to the issue or disagreement.
- Agreement that is generally acceptable
- A form of decision-making requiring all parties to agree completely with the issue(s) after extensive discussion and deliberation.
