common-sense
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Katharine Jenner, Executive Director of the Obesity Health Alliance, praised the policy and said restricting the sales of the drinks to children "at a vital time in their life is just common-sense".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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
Possibly the same fear of making value judgments that has inhibited Bonnie from imposing common-sense discipline in her classroom has robbed “For Want of a Horse” of a propulsive point of view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
These common-sense concepts are compelling enough that they garner support across the ideological spectrum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Why have we been slow to adopt this common-sense approach to the cancer problem?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Devon Docherty, Scottish campaigns manager at Protect the Wild, said refusing a licence was a "victory for compassion, for science and for common sense".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The whole history of America, as well as common sense, suggests otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Once that axiom is treated as constitutional common sense, public safety appears already on the side of the enforcement vehicle.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
It sounded peculiar at first, but if you started thinking like you didn’t have no common sense atall it seemed like Cooter’d put it all together real good!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
