common-sense
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It adds there is no blanket rule and says people should speak to their local authority to check the rules, adding "councils should take a common-sense approach".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
We recently worked to support a new state law that advances school choice by implementing common-sense regulatory reforms to make it easier to open schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
These common-sense concepts are compelling enough that they garner support across the ideological spectrum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
There is a common-sense view that takes this idea to an extreme.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
In their complaint, filed in federal court in Washington state, groups including the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club argued the government had blatantly violated "common sense, biological science, and federal law."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Yet even this treasury could not add up to a background of common sense sufficient to make expert systems smart enough to be experts," Denning notes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
But Ham’s gambit is insulting on another level, because this is also a common sense issue.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Reason and common sense may suggest what the text doesn’t assert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
By now Big Ma had worn herself out scolding me in the names of our family and my lack of good common sense.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
