sensible
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The cost of these services go up and down depending on whether stocks go up or down, hardly a sensible way to measure price changes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
"We have wellbeing hubs already – I think having one dedicated to women's and girls' issues is not only sensible, it is also appropriate," Osbourne said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The combination looked sensible on paper, but Disney’s shares have trailed the S&P 500 by 300 percentage points since it closed seven years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
That victory led, four years later, to the Coastal Act and creation of the Coastal Commission, whose job was to balance sensible development, habitat protection and conservation, and equitable public access.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Their king, Alcinoüs, was a good, sensible man who knew that his wife Acrete was a great deal wiser than he and always let her decide anything important for him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing sensible
Positive Adjectives to Describe People
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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