as in reasonable
based on sound reasoning or information
she takes a commonsensible approach to child rearing, blithely ignoring what the so-called experts suggest
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There is a very reasonable bet that something like this happens.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
16 May 2025 -
This level needs to be reasonable and proportionate to the risk.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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As a result, that has been seen as the most logical landing spot all along.—
Troy Finnegan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Returning samples of the Martian surface to Earth for study is the logical next step in these efforts.—
Bruce Jakosky,
Space.com,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Police and fire departments have sometimes defeated disparate impact challenges over physical fitness test requirements on grounds that good fitness is essential to those jobs.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 May 2025
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So there’s always lines that are news to me and in a good way.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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If somebody received a slap on the wrist for past threats or weapons incidents, then there are valid questions about how school authorities did their jobs.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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The program was also smart enough to create valid Lego designs free of errors that adhered to the text prompt 100% of the time.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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With any luck these sensible changes will not be casualties of Trump’s high-risk omnibus strategy.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
10 May 2025
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Another year for Howard, who made nine league starts due to injury and loss of form among his younger peers, seems sensible, along with a loan elsewhere for Luke McNicholas.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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What’s more, behavioral economics suggests that our deviations from rational, deliberate behavior has some predictable structure.—
Jens Ludwig,
Time,
15 May 2025
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The ban on water fluoridation by the Florida Legislature (SB 700) and the outspoken views of the state surgeon general are the antithesis of rational public health measures.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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Alternatively, wear them with a solid, black button-down shirt for a business lunch or dinner.—
Robin Raven,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2025
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The district will work on the official policies in the upcoming months to have a solid policy by the start of the 2025-26 school year.—
Alecia Taylor,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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“Commonsensible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonsensible. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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