level-headed
Britishadjective
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Lenny Kaye was the kind of cool, level-headed rock ‘n’ roll maven who was both important to and part of our history.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
He is polite, level-headed and very serious about his daily work.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
I got to see him in a very stressful time and he was level-headed and quite reasonable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
"They always asked for a more moderate Bolsonaro, I've always been like this...balanced and level-headed," Flavio said after being tapped to lead his father's powerful conservative base.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Even the level-headed James Chadwick recalled experiments at the Cavendish “so desperate, so far-fetched as to belong to the days of alchemy.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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