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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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Genre-bending authors are often well-suited to making sense of the daily horrors and subtle corrosions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Wall Street seems to be having trouble making sense of the flurry of news.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

Nearby, at Logan Regional Hospital, Trooper Rindlisbacher was also having trouble making sense of the events.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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