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- adjective Displaying
common sense .
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- adjective exhibiting native good judgment
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Examples
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In doing so he drew on what in retrospect seem "commonsensical" positions and "middle of the road" values.
Archive 2009-05-01 Robert Reich 2009
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In doing so he drew on what in retrospect seem "commonsensical" positions and "middle of the road" values.
Obama and Pragmatism: Thinking Through Values Robert Reich 2009
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It makes sense that they might have encountered each other, but I just -- this doesn't -- the testimony today doesn't make a lot of sense from a kind of commonsensical point of view.
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My experience of Utopia has convinced me that in taking thought for the education of the young it is impossible to be too idealistic, and that the more "commonsensical" and "utilitarian" one's philosophy of education, the shallower and falser it will prove to be.
What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Edmond Holmes 1893
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In doing so he drew on what in retrospect seem "commonsensical" positions and "middle of the road" values.
TPMCafe 2009
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It is politically safer - yes, even pragmatic - to describe one's values as "commonsensical" or "middle of the road."
TPMCafe 2009
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And insofar as left or centrist governments do not debate the limits and / or confines of multiculturalism, or take measures to fully integrate non-Western cultures into the 'European identity' to become fully at home in their host countries, we can expect individuals of all persuasions to flock to the far-right (whom they perceive as having "commonsensical" approaches to these issues.)
Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free 2009
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It is politically safer - yes, even pragmatic - to describe one's values as "commonsensical" or "middle of the road."
TPMCafe 2009
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In doing so he drew on what in retrospect seem "commonsensical" positions and "middle of the road" values.
TPMCafe 2009
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It is politically safer – yes, even pragmatic – to describe one’s values as "commonsensical" or "middle of the road."
Archive 2009-05-01 Robert Reich 2009
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