Sentence examples for the prevailing wisdom held from inspiring English sources

"The prevailing wisdom held that the retina responds to the farsighted and nearsighted focusing errors by changing expression of the same genes but in opposite directions," Tkatchenko says.

The prevailing wisdom holds that, unless you have some kind of predisposing condition--insomnia, anxiety disorders, stomach sensitivities, high blood pressure--a cup is just dandy for most people.

Contemporary prevailing wisdom holds that the direction of causal dependence goes in the opposite direction; the physical world in fact generates and sustains minds (using neurons to do so).

That advice went against the prevailing wisdom, which held that the most healthful way to age was to maintain the same weight throughout adulthood.

No matter how groundbreaking Neil Patrick Harris may be, the prevailing wisdom in Hollywood still holds that mainstream audiences will not accept openly gay actors in straight roles.

The next president, the prevailing wisdom goes, will have to choose between these polarities.

Not that this even matters, since — or so the prevailing wisdom goes — the best journeys have already been made.

Few voices have challenged the prevailing wisdom of this accountability reform movement.

Its growth was slow but solid, as Abell rejected the prevailing wisdom that a newspaper should be a mouthpiece for a political party and held instead to an independent political line.

The prevailing wisdom says that negative thoughts and feelings have no place at the office.

According to the prevailing wisdom, neither Gemplus nor Axalto should probably have ever existed.