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common sense

[kom-uhn sens] / ˈkɒm ən ˈsɛns /


common-sense




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No leadership, no fight, no direction, no common sense!

From BBC

It continued: “Independent grocers are proud economic drivers, creating local jobs and generating tax revenue, but they need certainty and common sense, not more costly red tape handed down by bureaucrats.”

From Salon

More motive, as it happens, than common sense.

From The Wall Street Journal

Harvard University’s electricity lawyers have already documented what common sense told everyone here a long time ago: When industrial customers demand more power, regular people end up footing the bill.

From Salon

And somewhere between common sense and desperation, they settled on a formula: bowl a little fuller.

From BBC