common-sense

Example Sentences

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"It's time to use common sense and for a ceasefire. People are suffering on both sides," she said of the Ukraine war.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

There are always threads of truth in arguments like these — enough to make ageism sound like common sense.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The problem is that, with time, the scales of common sense can become biased, as Linda Goodman’s life shows, and Evangeline Adams’ clients learned, perhaps too late.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

Thomas promised Reform would "unite Wales around our common sense policies and the principle of putting you, the people at home, first".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Hence, it is the presumption of common sense and science that these ESP phenomena don’t exist, and the burden of proof is on those who maintain that there are such phenomena.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos