MOTHER WIT Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

mother wit

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Definition of mother wit

as in horse sense

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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
His words of wisdom are tinged with wit and old-fashioned horse sense.

— Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024

Definition of horse sense

Noun

Administration calls them common sense Last year, Democrats worried that Trump might intervene in off-year elections in California, Virginia and elsewhere, only to have voting go smoothly with no clashes with the federal government.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
That’s not to absolve individuals from common sense or basic decency.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of common sense

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Those employees can then use tools like Claude Code or apps like Slack to engage agents across a variety of tasks, including data collection and insights, troubleshooting, and job-specific automation.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The presentation features production puppets, fabrication insights and techniques, plus a live Q&A.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of insight

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Finally, the case for continuing Republican support remains grounded in voters’ perceptions of Republican competence on the economy, border security and crime.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
But human beings are continuously processing perception, memory, sensory input, experience and physical response.

— J.K. Dickinson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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