common sense
Example Sentences
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And an underdog who stayed in the contest in defiance of steep odds and, seemingly, common sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
It goes against international law and common sense.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
They added they trusted their audience to use "common sense" but indicated the videos were fake in their captions.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
There was a common core to it, which was: Use your common sense, man.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
Crick told Watson that Pauling’s model was, in fact, the “product of common sense, not the result of complicated mathematical reasoning.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
