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Meanings of prevailing opinion in English

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Usage of prevailing opinion in English
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I am apt to think this is the prevailing opinion of Congress.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ...
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But that was hardly the prevailing opinion in those colonies themselves.
The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaw...
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A single fact illustrates the prevailing opinion of that day, and even later.
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
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Of the American nations, the prevailing opinion, according to Loskiel, is-
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September...
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Some of this was a reflection of prevailing opinion; much of it was cynical.
The Guardian
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And this at last appeared the prevailing opinion in Rotterdam.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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But the prevailing opinion was in favor of leaving the matter to Mr. Lincoln's discretion.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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At length it became the prevailing opinion that Lucifer was of the order of Seraphins.
Thaumaturgia; Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous
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But such a decision may contradict the prevailing opinion and the convictions of many people.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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The course of Mr. Breckinridge was in direct hostility to the prevailing opinion of his State.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
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This, however, is now no longer the prevailing opinion either in this country or in Germany.
Evolution, Old & New / Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus D...
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In the prevailing opinion, the sibyls shared with the prophets an inspired foreknowledge of the Christian faith.
Michelangelo / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait o...
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This was opposed to the prevailing opinion, and to the view taken up and criticised by Mandeville.
Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
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As this was the prevailing opinion, the master-of-camp went with all his men to make an assault.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 04 of 55 / 1576-1582 ...
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Contrary to the prevailing opinion among foreigners, these festivals have nothing whatever to do with birthday celebrations.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
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This was because the prevailing opinion gave Mars an atmosphere roughly 10% as dense as Earth's.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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