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sane

[sayn] / seɪn /


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Next, a jury will determine whether the shooter was sane at the time of the act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Most sane people believe that needs to be addressed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

In a sane world he would provide answers that could facilitate greater understanding of his actions and motivations, and how he believes those actions will benefit the American people.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

A public interest firm willing to carry the case without charge, because no sane person spends airplane money in legal fees to recover an airplane.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

There was a mixture of sadness and darkness in his eyes that seemed not quite sane, and definitely not safe.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Before long the two young servants, superior to and saner in every way than their self-absorbed and snobbish employers, are chastely courting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Before her faceoff with Trump, Kelly was known as one of the saner, smarter voices at Fox News—a notable if not breathtaking accomplishment.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work result in her consignment to Salpetrière, a much-dreaded place for the mentally afflicted, where the cruel guards may or may not be saner than the inmates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

A saner, scientific view hails the eye as the second most complex organ in our bodies.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2025

“First, I need a shirt of Gabriel’s. Something he wore often, like a favorite T-shirt or something,” Ms. Kline said in a saner manner than I expected.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

Lewis: What’s so funny is that Natalie’s actually maybe the sanest one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

“The sanest way forward — you have to learn how to split yourself up into other selves, like an earthworm,” her mentor advised her years earlier, when she was about to graduate.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022

And they remind us that sometimes the sanest means of processing sorrow and fear is to find ways to joke about them.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021

“Having a therapist has taught me to be less cruel to myself. It’s not like therapy has made me the world’s sanest person; it’s just made me slightly less insane.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

I think he’s the sanest person I know.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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