party line

noun

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as in conventional wisdom

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Recent Examples of party line The Senate Judiciary Committee voted by a 12-10 party line vote Tuesday to advance Blanche's nomination for a vote by the full Senate later this week. — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Ryan was one of 103 Democrats in the House to break with his party line and vote to end all aid to Israel earlier this month. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026 The French knew about some of Stalin’s excesses—the show trials, the labor camps, the bloody purges of those who strayed from the party line. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 The commissioner showed up to field inquiries about what is a deeply unpleasant and unpopular labor battle with a party line of doing it all for the fans. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for party line
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conventional wisdom
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  • Among investors, even some of the world’s most successful contrarians—who make their fortunes betting against conventional wisdom—are embracing the idea that AI could yield bigger benefits more rapidly than any past technological advance.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Unique cases like Rachel show that Mother Nature can always go against conventional wisdom, and, given enough time and the right conditions, potentially destructive things can happen.
    — Nicholas Grondin, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
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“Party line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20line. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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