judicious
Example Sentences
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“He was very judicious and even-handed and he gave the new institutional credibility out of the starting gate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rather, its lessons emerge in proximity and discreet counsel, in judicious restraint and empathetic reconciliation, and in moments of failure as much as triumph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“He was scrupulous about not interfering in editorial business, but if you turned to him for counsel, he invariably offered judicious advice,” she said in an obituary released Tuesday night by the Newhouse family.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
It flew in the face of the mantra of the “quiet professional” that suffused military culture, a kind of sober maturity that was critical to judicious use of deadly force.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
But a skilled writer can enliven and sometimes electrify her prose with the judicious insertion of a surprising word.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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