commonsensible

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commonsensible
Adjective
  • In addition, corporations have to determine what a reasonable wage is, which typically requires the help of an accountant.
    Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • And most of the reason is there’s too much government regulation keeping people from being able to build houses at a reasonable cost.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The problem — and hardly an insignificant one — is that however funny comedian Jillian Bell’s directorial debut can be in the moment, none of it makes the slightest logical sense.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Airport lounges were overdue for a re-think, and a logical place for Delta to start catering to luxury travelers.
    Paula Conway, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And snood size is the quickest, easiest way for a hen to gauge whether the gobbler strutting his stuff in front of her is a good genetic candidate for her future poults.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The city of Providence continues to be good to Pitino, who famously led Providence College to the Final Four in 1987 toward the beginning of his storied career.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • West, in the interview with The New Republic, disputed the merits of his suspension, saying his methods are valid because other people have used them.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The watch is valid from Wednesday 5 p.m. until Friday, Mar. 14 at 5 a.m.
    Southern California Weather Report, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The microphone jack is located on the rear, just behind the hot shoe, a good move as this is the most sensible place to mount a mic or wireless transceiver.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Multiple sets are repurposed to serve as different locations — again, a financially sensible decision that also carries deep emotional resonance.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Even when the accusations are unfounded, even when the risks are small, the mere possibility of being a sucker can be psychologically potent enough to undermine a rational preference for cooperation.
    Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This all points to a more rational, less economically harmful climate policy, but, as always, there’s going to be litigation.
    The Editors, National Review, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, in a game that featured an abundance of high-level basketball, even a solid game from Brown might have been enough.
    Jay King, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan created Joey, which premiered to solid ratings, scoring 18.6M viewers for the pilot, inheriting the Friends Thursday-night timeslot.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 24 Mar. 2025.

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