"prevailing consensus" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a widely accepted idea or opinion among a group of people. For example, "The prevailing consensus among scientists is that global warming is caused by human activity."
Still, at every moment there is a prevailing consensus.
The prevailing consensus in France was that only Italian art truly merited attention.
IN 1968 Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps, in papers written independently, assaulted the prevailing consensus on unemployment.
According to prevailing consensus, patients with mechanical symptoms are those considered to most likely benefit from arthroscopic surgery.
For the moment, this effectively gives NSI a veto on gTLD fees, a veto that could conceivably contradict the prevailing consensus of other stakeholders.
And the prevailing consensus among neurologists is that virtually all recovery that's going to occur comes within the first six months after the stroke.
He added, "I suspect Lewis would be the first to agree that it is outside the prevailing political consensus".
That will require bravery, the ability to challenge the prevailing media consensus and a need to appeal directly to the public.
But the prince has also referred to himself as a "dissident" working against the prevailing political consensus, according to his former press adviser Mark Bolland.
Much of Whitgift's restraint in handling Puritans, for instance, can be traced to the prevailing Calvinist consensus he shared with the Nonconformists.
In the study, a nationally representative sample of 2,000 U.S. adults completed a test measuring their knowledge of prevailing scientific consensus on the causes and consequences of climate change.
