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Noun
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Niotis added that neurodegenerative diseases cause accelerated brain shrinkage in specific regions of the brain like the gray matter.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
21 Nov. 2025 -
One landmark study found that up to 4.9 percent of gray matter volume is reduced in pregnancy—the part of the brain responsible for thinking, feeling and processing information—in as many as 94 percent of brain regions in a cohort of first-time mothers.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Nov. 2025
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For example, bifocals correct both nearsightedness and farsightedness with the same lens.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
10 Sep. 2025
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Solutions for Complex Vision Problems Traditional contact lenses primarily correct vision problems, such as near-sightedness and farsightedness.—
Malana VanTyler,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The failure to pair security with humanitarian foresight extends to Haiti.—
Elijah Manley,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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No matter if your son takes the traditional college route, that kind of financial foresight is something to be proud of.—
Steve Hruby,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Dec. 2025
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Employers can create weekly forums where employees can share both AI successes and failures without judgment, then reallocate budgets away from underperforming AI experiments to pilots that are showing success.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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One of those Ukrainian judgments found that a 2009 loan for $14 million that the Justice Department alleged to be fraudulent was legitimate.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Coach Prime should’ve listened to his common sense sooner.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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To Vande Kolk and the other deputies, Green Lake was a place where people knew their neighbors, compared tractor sizes, and valued common sense above book smarts.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Our people have a horse sense for what good work is.—
Beth Greenfield,
Fortune,
1 July 2024
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His words of wisdom are tinged with wit and old-fashioned horse sense.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
2 Jan. 2024
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