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Recent Examples of mother wit
But their ingenuity, mother wit and good common sense made them masters in their profession without the aid of measuring spoons and cups, modern equipment or science.
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Hannah Giorgis, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2018
Hannah Giorgis, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mother wit
Noun
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Anheuser-Busch will have to see how viewers react to its latest ad to determine if consumers think the Clydesdales still present good horse sense or represent a horse of a different color.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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Our people have a horse sense for what good work is.—
Beth Greenfield,
Fortune,
1 July 2024
Noun
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Treating a vape pen the same as heroin is a failure of common sense.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The pledge was to slash regulations that stifle jobs, freedom and innovation, and that make everything more expensive, while restoring transparency and common sense to federal rulemaking.—
Roslyn Layton,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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But the study still has some useful insights for us, and the most important is that injuries don’t come out of nowhere.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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The General Land Office manages public land, public school funding, and disaster relief, yet most Texans have little insight into how decisions are made.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jackson smashed the perception that a Black person couldn’t be a viable presidential candidate.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Why does voters perception of his track record so far matter so much in the midterms?—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The same kind of judgment is needed in the camera well at a baseball stadium.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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But to say the administration can be defined as a lack of character—the term subsumes all those other judgments, and is much harder to question.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Mother wit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mother%20wit. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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