levelheaded
adjective
lev·el·head·ed
ˌle-vəl-ˈhe-dəd 
: having or showing sound judgment : sensible
levelheadedness
noun
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Examples of levelheaded in a Sentence
She is levelheaded about her chances for success as an actress.
a levelheaded assessment of the problem
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Amid this quagmire, the journalist Paige McClanahan’s book, The New Tourist, is a levelheaded defense of tourism that proposes a genuinely helpful framework for thinking about our own voyages.
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Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 30 June 2024
Martinez has been a levelheaded voice in the clubhouse during trying times, bringing some of the veteran leadership the Mets hoped for.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
But more levelheaded engineers have also scrutinized the problem in detail, and the technical issues appear to be understood well enough to suggest possible work-arounds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2012
There’s pretty much always time to call one or three or five people smarter than you or just calmer than you who will ask you levelheaded questions and try to pull you back from the edge of making a big mistake.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 30 June 2024
Martinez has been a levelheaded voice in the clubhouse during trying times, bringing some of the veteran leadership the Mets hoped for.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
But more levelheaded engineers have also scrutinized the problem in detail, and the technical issues appear to be understood well enough to suggest possible work-arounds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2012
There’s pretty much always time to call one or three or five people smarter than you or just calmer than you who will ask you levelheaded questions and try to pull you back from the edge of making a big mistake.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Levelheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/levelheaded. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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levelheaded
adjective
lev·el·head·ed
ˌlev-əl-ˈhed-əd
: having or showing good judgment : sensible
levelheadedness
noun
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