common-sense
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
Most Americans remain common-sense pragmatists who look to their elected representatives to provide security, a stable economy and fair social policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
Earlier in this chapter I quoted Popper’s claim in 1958 that science ‘is common-sense knowledge writ large, as it were’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"Although the whole process was somewhat challenging... everyone with common sense says the Turkish capital markets will be much healthier," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I believe in common sense, people working hard and being rewarded for that effort," she told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
“That’s just common sense and most Americans agree with me,” Vo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Credit to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday for injecting a note of common sense into the debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
My face is warm, and I wish I had the superpower of common sense because this isn’t something I should’ve ever said out loud.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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