clearheadedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clearheadedness
Noun
  • Mary screamed in one of her rare points of lucidity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • This lucidity not only makes his work readable but also staves off the perception that discourse about UFOs and the CIA must be riddled with conspiratorial paranoia.
    Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • But our conversation ended up being so much about women and mothers generally, and how people in their lives create these illusions of normalcy and these illusions of perfection based on superficial stuff.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026
  • When Donald won a second term in 2024, the Bidens attempted to revive some normalcy by inviting him and Melania to the White House for a transition meeting.
    Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • But normality is gauged by behavior, an individual’s social life.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • And, in the period since, a sense of normality has returned.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Forbes College Financial Grades are designed to assess a private not-for-profit college’s operational soundness and balance sheet health using the following ten measures.
    Matt Schifrin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Florida lawmakers passed stricter laws for structural soundness and greater condo board transparency.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The actress started advocating for menopause and mid-life care in 2024 − after her doctor misdiagnosed her symptoms as herpes − and pushed for legislation to fund research and education in women’s health.
    Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 5 June 2026
  • Similar concerns were raised about the merger of the SAG and AFTRA health plans in 2017, which was followed by a significant curtailment in benefits a few years later.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • The artist made the Rhine flow into Kunstmuseen Krefeld through a filtration system, ultimately dripping clean water into a basin filled with fish whose thriving proved its healthfulness.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • The job, announced this week, will revolve around the nutrition, ingredients, and healthfulness of the restaurant chain’s food offerings.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But after seven episodes wearing down the viewer with a bleak perspective, in the season finale, Euphoria pulls itself out of its own somber patterns to reach for grace and mercy in Christian symbolism, American wholesomeness, and the concept of family.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 June 2026
  • The growing apathy toward big-screen entertainment was also owed to the patina of all-American wholesomeness that studios imposed on their stables of stars, and the nothing-to-see-here style of movie journalism was wearing thin.
    Joshua John Miller, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Clearheadedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clearheadedness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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