A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
There was a general consensus to go for the nuclear test. The whole nation wanted it, and it was done properly.
Beginning in the Clinton administration, there was, for nearly two decades, a broad bipartisan consensus that the best Internet policy was light-touch regulation - rules that promoted competition and kept the Internet 'unfettered by federal or state regulation.' Under this policy, a free and open Internet flourished.
Science is really about individual experts reaching a consensus.
Humanity will be obsolete by 2050. This is the consensus at Google and Facebook and Twitter.
Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach a consensus - not perfect, by any means - but something that we can be proud of, nonetheless.
Syriza is what it is: a radical, left-wing party that feels the pulse of the times, knows what's at stake, and is after a wide consensus and unity for political change in Greece. This is something that departs from the narrow limits of the radical left.
There's a bit of debate about that; some say it was really Matthew, but the popular consensus is that Mark was the first one, so that's why I did that one first. And I was planning on doing all four.
The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.
