sober-minded
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But if you thirst for a sober-minded investigation into this ominous tool — one with an approach that treats you like the intelligent being you are — you’ll have to wait for AI doc 2.0.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Such institutionwide assessment and response will also demand fundamental curricular reform, guided by sober-minded leaders moving at speeds unknown among academic-bureaucratic committees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
But the weirdest moment may be how the director decided to punctuate what was supposed to be a sober-minded press conference on Sept. 12 revealing the details of Robinson’s arrest.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
The second is Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a sober-minded leader long concerned about growing division, who recognizes that the last thing anyone needs right now is the temperature being dialed up any further.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2025
He stayed locked in his work, for the most part undaunted, riding out the bumps and compromising where he could, clinging to the sober-minded, someone’s-gotta-take-this-on brand of optimism that had always guided him.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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