common-sense
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The sum total of its response to the 2023 threat was to provide some common-sense IT advice, which promptly went unfollowed in many quarters.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
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
This wave-particle dualism may not correspond readily to our common-sense notions, but it is in excellent accord with what experiments have shown light really does.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“They will only make them worse. Los Angeles deserves common sense solutions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Next believes this element of the judgment is not only correct in law, but also a victory for common sense.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
"This process is very unusual -- it goes against every bit of common sense in the field," said Talapin.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
“It can be scary to think about how much people rely on the wisdom and common sense of the therapist that is not based in training,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
“I was wondering why no one was coming after us, and I got worried, knowing what it would do to her...and, well, I guess you have some common sense after all.”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
