common-sense
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It adds there is no blanket rule and says people should speak to their local authority to check the rules, adding "councils should take a common-sense approach".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
It could strive to address our most fundamental problems with common-sense solutions, meaningfully improving Americans’ quality of life and raising the level of political discourse in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
His skill in dressing these common-sense predictions up in astrological mumbo jumbo not only established his reputation in Graz, but got his salary increased to the full level appropriate for his post.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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
"I think it's kind of common sense... it's really important to protect children, and that's little girls who are also involved in that category," she told reporters before a game Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
It is neither, and that’s not a progressive take — it’s bipartisan common sense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The suspension of the red card issued to Mr. Balogun was common sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Jim was playing not to individual egos but to a common sense of humanity, purpose, and urgency.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
