received wisdom

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received wisdom

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uncountable Synonym of conventional wisdom. Received wisdom, in the US and the UK, remains that in a fracturing, splintering media landscape top-notch live sport remains one of the only types of content for which viewers will make an “appointment to view”.
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@misc{received_wisdom_2026,
  title = {received wisdom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/received%20wisdom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}