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He also proven to the world that one can become a very wealthy person just by “a commonsensical plan to buy and hold shares in high-quality, publicly traded businesses,” said Klarman.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

While Marissa and Peter pivot between rage and not-quite-mourning, and other characters are perpetrating cooked-up complications to the story, Alcaras conducts an investigation that is so commonsensical it defies the rules of crime fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

THE FACTS: As commonsensical as that might sound, it could backfire in a horrific way, experts warn.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022

In his response Johnson ignored the question altogether, and just said most commonsensical people would welcome the arrival of jobs in the the UK, particularly in Scotland.

From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2021

Both sets of views seemed to him equally commonsensical.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton