sober-minded
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of sober-minded
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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But if you thirst for a sober-minded investigation into this ominous tool — one with an approach that treats you like the intelligent being you are — you’ll have to wait for AI doc 2.0.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Such institutionwide assessment and response will also demand fundamental curricular reform, guided by sober-minded leaders moving at speeds unknown among academic-bureaucratic committees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
The second is Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a sober-minded leader long concerned about growing division, who recognizes that the last thing anyone needs right now is the temperature being dialed up any further.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2025
Seemingly rational and sober-minded people everywhere where left asking themselves whether the late comedian Bill Hicks might have been right all along.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2023
He could not believe that a dignified body of sober-minded legislators were allowing these “shaking Quakers” with their throbbing consciences to control the national agenda.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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