common-sense
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"This is a common-sense win for our community," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“In line with Jackson, two other Courts of Appeals have now affirmed the common-sense remedy that this illegality should be stopped.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 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
This contradicts the seemingly common-sense notion that making information more widely accessible would lead to more efficient markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Until a large-scale conversion to these methods has been made, we shall have little relief from a situation that, by any common-sense standards, is intolerable.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Simple common sense argued instead for targeted protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Since noncombatants tend to dive for cover when bullets are in the air, this seems like common sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“That’s just common sense and most Americans agree with me,” Vo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"I thought a lot of it was common sense, but apparently not," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The events that unfolded as Europe careened toward catastrophe appeared to defy logic and common sense.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
