common sense
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Both of those companies would be stopped by common sense and consumer behavior, never mind government regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
"This process is very unusual -- it goes against every bit of common sense in the field," said Talapin.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
While the network presents his presence as ideological friction, Jennings presents it as sober common sense.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Mangione himself previewed this argument, yelling after the scheduling of his state trial, “Double jeopardy by any common sense definition!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tom Paine, for example, claimed that it was simply a matter of common sense that an island could not rule a continent.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
This contradicts the seemingly common-sense notion that making information more widely accessible would lead to more efficient markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Slowing down the reporting cycle is a common-sense move that protects companies from short-termism — and investors from their own worst impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
This wave-particle dualism may not correspond readily to our common-sense notions, but it is in excellent accord with what experiments have shown light really does.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
