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agreement by a group as a whole- Moderates in the senate sought to build a consensus between both parties so that the budget could be passed.
- The lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions.
- ...the United States should continue to express strong reservations about any WTO competition discipline, until there is a broader consensus about what antitrust law is, and is not.Diane Wood -- Cooperation and Convergence in International Antitrust -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.17274,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
- Those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus.
- Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.Michael Crichton
- The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel.Terry Pratchett
- We would like to reach a consensus on this issue.
- But as the months passed and I had the opportunity to ponder McCandless s death at greater length, the less plausible this consensus seemed.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Since my colleagues and I can come to no consensus, it has been agreed that we will let the victors decide.Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay
- With the consensus of the entire Council, I can make you immortal.Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
- He was hoping to build a political consensus behind launching an all-out attack on the Taliban.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- Stave off doubts, eliminate the questions, be as outraged as the people themselves and march to the drums of consensus.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- They had no means of consensus.John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids
- That is the general consensus among.... people who pay attention to such things.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
- But at the meeting today, the consensus on the World Bank team had seemed to be that Justice—the prisoners—would get only 20 percent of the loan.Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- Johnny nodded, "Unlike a human personality which can... I believe the consensus is... be destroyed at death, my own consciousness cannot be terminated.Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
- The general consensus was that baseball was Randy's finest sport.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- By national consensus, it was a beautiful image.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- No, Van Buren was more even, an administrator dedicated to consensus-building and compromise.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
- But getting back to your query, the consensus here is to let this thing play out a bit.David Baldacci -- Zero Day