commonsensical

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He also proven to the world that one can become a very wealthy person just by “a commonsensical plan to buy and hold shares in high-quality, publicly traded businesses,” said Klarman.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

While Marissa and Peter pivot between rage and not-quite-mourning, and other characters are perpetrating cooked-up complications to the story, Alcaras conducts an investigation that is so commonsensical it defies the rules of crime fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

THE FACTS: As commonsensical as that might sound, it could backfire in a horrific way, experts warn.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022

The hothouse atmosphere of Eulabee’s private school, the cruelty of adolescent girls, Eulabee’s commonsensical parents and the warmth of their family life in its Swedish traditions and frugal ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2021

Both sets of views seemed to him equally commonsensical.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton