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  • adjective common sense (in attributive use)

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Examples

  • Running on a record of strong jobs creation in Texas and what he calls "common-sense conservative," Perry has jumped to a lead in polls among Republicans vying to run against President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.

    Perry slams Washington's spending "addiction" Reuters 2011

  • Running on a record of strong jobs creation in Texas and what he calls "common-sense conservative," Perry has jumped to a lead in polls among Republicans vying to run against President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.

    Perry slams Washington's spending "addiction" Reuters 2011

  • Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin welcomed what he called a common-sense deal, but criticized the U.S. for its dependence on borrowing.

    Early Cheer on U.S. Debt Pact Fades Michael S. Arnold 2011

  • Running on a record of strong jobs creation in Texas and what he calls "common-sense conservative," Perry has jumped to a lead in polls among Republicans vying to run against President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Bono Mack pushed back on calls to raise the COPPA age threshold -- brought on by the boom of users flocking to Facebook, Twitter and Google+ -- and commended what she called common-sense restraint by the FTC to not stray from the current definition of a child, someone under age 13.

    unknown title 2011

  • Bono Mack pushed back on calls to raise the COPPA age threshold -- brought on by the boom of users flocking to Facebook, Twitter and Google+ -- and commended what she called common-sense restraint by the FTC to not stray from the current definition of a child, someone under age 13.

    unknown title 2011

  • The administration is moving forward with what it calls "common-sense" rules to ensure that safe drilling practices are followed and the types of chemicals used in the so-called fracking method are disclosed for operations on public lands.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • Bono Mack pushed back on calls to raise the COPPA age threshold -- brought on by the boom of users flocking to Facebook, Twitter and Google+ -- and commended what she called common-sense restraint by the FTC to not stray from the current definition of a child, someone under age 13.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Bono Mack pushed back on calls to raise the COPPA age threshold -- brought on by the boom of users flocking to Facebook, Twitter and Google+ -- and commended what she called common-sense restraint by the FTC to not stray from the current definition of a child, someone under age 13.

    unknown title 2011

  • To Scottish moralists such as James Beattie, who presided over the so-called common-sense school of philosophy at Aberdeen, common sense undergirded the middlebrow manners of respectable Protestants.

    All Things To All People Jeffrey Collins 2011

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