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
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
Nevertheless, he urges borrowers to use common sense.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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
She made her own way instead, using a combination of magic and know-how and common sense.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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