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Recent Examples of sanity The trial is structured in two phases: a guilt phase, now underway, followed by a sanity phase to determine whether Dominguez was legally sane at the time of the 2023 stabbings. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025 In California, President Trump has pushed aside Governor Gavin Newsom and has driven the nation’s most populous state toward something approaching sanity. Will Swaim, National Review, 6 May 2025 Maintains your sanity and your audience's attention. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 Perhaps the city’s current crises—crumbling public infrastructure, intractable civic strife, the President’s attempts to strangle his home town—have reminded New Yorkers of a different period of chaos, when Cuomo seemed a beacon of sanity. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sanity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanity
mind
Noun
  • Keep Curtains Away from Heat Sources The main thing to keep in mind when installing kitchen curtains is to always keep them away from heat sources.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2025
  • And never far from mind at these events is the memory of the 2016 Pulse shooting that left 49 dead and 53 wounded at an Orlando hub of LGBTQ nightlife.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 17 May 2025

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“Sanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanity. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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