conventional
Example Sentences
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Eight years ago, the conventional wisdom is retail was dead in the e-commerce world.
From Barron's
Spintronics relies on spin, a fundamental property of electrons, to carry and process information in ways that differ from today's conventional electronics.
From Science Daily
“The conventional wisdom is that there isn’t support for that.”
Behind the scenes, meanwhile, there are ongoing discussions as to how to allow the drivers to drive in a more conventional way, but it remains to be seen how these will resolve.
From BBC
These simple facts subvert conventional financial wisdom, which says the only stock exposure you need is in the broad indexes.
From MarketWatch
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