common-sense
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“In line with Jackson, two other Courts of Appeals have now affirmed the common-sense remedy that this illegality should be stopped.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The sum total of its response to the 2023 threat was to provide some common-sense IT advice, which promptly went unfollowed in many quarters.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Most Americans remain common-sense pragmatists who look to their elected representatives to provide security, a stable economy and fair social policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
This contradicts the seemingly common-sense notion that making information more widely accessible would lead to more efficient markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
His skill in dressing these common-sense predictions up in astrological mumbo jumbo not only established his reputation in Graz, but got his salary increased to the full level appropriate for his post.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
"A lot of this comes back to common sense," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Since noncombatants tend to dive for cover when bullets are in the air, this seems like common sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“That’s just common sense and most Americans agree with me,” Vo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Nevertheless, he urges borrowers to use common sense.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The truth was in the symmetry, which was to say, it was founded in common sense.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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