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making sense

ADJECTIVE

reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable cheap equitable fair feasible honest humane impartial judicious justifiable legitimate modest objective plausible proper prudent rational restrained sane sensible understandable valid

WEAK

analytical average circumspect conservative controlled discreet fit inexpensive just knowing legit low-cost low-priced okay politic reflective right sapient sound standing to reason temperate unexcessive unextreme within reason

Antonyms

STRONGEST

assured biased bold invalid irrational partial prejudiced senseless unacceptable unfair unjust unlikely unrealistic unreasonable unsound unwarranted unwise

WEAK

expensive implausible impractical intolerable nonsensical outrageous stupid

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But they were also about to prove that they were already better than most humans at making sense of a tournament known for being completely insane, as Ben Cohen and Andrew Beaton write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

WTH: The art that I want to make looks at humans making sense of their lives and the world in a way that maybe we haven’t seen before.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

"Religion may provide some way of making sense of the world, some sense of identity in relation to others, that can't easily be replaced by other forms of socialization," Oostrom said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 20, 2025

"Investors seem to be feeling that some of the super-high valuations out there aren't making sense, and AI enthusiasm has definitely fuelled those stretched valuations."

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

If you don’t believe me, try making sense out of this pile of words: Who do you think I saw the other day the Dalai Lama said my aunt Minnie.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

making sense

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