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Recent Examples of clearheaded The extremely clearheaded way Pistorius describes an experience that, thankfully, almost none of us will ever go through is what lends so much power to Ghost Boy’s narrative. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 Delta 8 has a lower psychotropic potency than delta-nine and produces more clearheaded effects. The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2022 All of them were unequivocal in their belief that government intervention is needed because people living on the street are often too strung out and traumatized to make clearheaded decisions for themselves. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021 Nella’s struggle to form a sturdier, more clearheaded Black identity for herself is at the center of this unique thriller that has echoes of both Jordan Peele and, in the end, George Orwell. Washington Post, 3 June 2021 As protests over police brutality rocked the nation last summer, Ms. Wiley gained attention on MSNBC for her clearheaded explanations of why some activists wanted to defund the police. New York Times, 19 May 2021 Voters were more clearheaded, but those partisan saloons had been key institutions for working-class men. Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021 After a week of detoxing from social media, Llompart felt more productive and clearheaded. USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021 Clattering and cluttered but clearheaded and deliberate, this brilliant, brutal, unprecedented work feels like a transcendent artist assembling a new form of music from scratch. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clearheaded
Adjective
  • But the idea of an algorithm, which is as prone to generate nonsense as anything lucid, representing a deceased person’s thoughts or behaviors seems terrifying.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025
  • These treatments can help people maintain their independence longer and make the most of their lucid years.
    Jim Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Others, like mocktails and nonalcoholic beers, allow sober people to discreetly opt out of drinking culture without inviting unwanted attention.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 10 June 2025
  • There is no replacement for sober feedback in business.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • In 1978 Lukas dissolved his quarter-horse stable and immersed himself in thoroughbred racing at Santa Anita.
    Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • Medics took the two men to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist in stable condition.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • This means that some particles will decay in the normal world while their counterparts in the mirror would not.
    Zack Savitsky, Wired News, 22 June 2025
  • On Tuesdays, theater tickets at Cinemark Century Folsom 7 cost $5.50, compared to the normal ticket price of $10.99.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • President Donald Trump’s court challenge failed during his first term because his administration did not provide the U.S. Supreme Court with a rational government basis for terminating the program.
    Darren Soto, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • The lowest level is known as rational basis review, and almost every law looked at that way is upheld.
    Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sanchez, who first started at the company in 1993, told Fortune there are two key practices that keep him sane and firing on all cylinders.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 June 2025
  • But Leslie kept me sane through those last months of chemo, staging karaoke contests with fake mikes.
    Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Schools that take a balanced approach to promoting digital literacy, healthy cell phone habits (including teaching students how to regulate their phone use), and mental health awareness will likely create more positive, inclusive learning environments in the long run.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • Managing your weight with lupus means working with your healthcare team, possibly adjusting medications, eating a balanced diet, and finding ways to move your body.
    Stella Bard, Health, 27 June 2025

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“Clearheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clearheaded. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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