have currency
Frequency: 5.03.5 per million words
to be generally accepted or used at the present time
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Examples (10)
- The idea that we only use 10% of our brains still has wide currency.
- In the 18th century, the theory of phlogiston had considerable currency among chemists.
- This slang term has little currency outside of a very specific online community.
- His political ideologies no longer have any currency with young voters.
- The concept of a four-day work week now has greater currency in the corporate world.
- Before modern medicine, many folk remedies had currency as effective treatments.
- For an argument to be persuasive, its underlying assumptions must have currency with the audience.
- It's concerning that such a dangerous conspiracy theory continues to have currency on social media.
- While the book was popular, its central thesis never really had much currency in academic circles.
- The notion that technology can solve all problems is an idea that once had great currency.