level-headed
Britishadjective
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And how do they keep a level head through it all?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
For long-term investors, it may be better to keep a level head through the market’s ups and downs.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 19, 2025
If there was a misstep on Tuesday, it was in following the bagatelle with Beethoven’s “Pathétique” Sonata, which might have provided an impassioned climax had it not been performed with such a level head.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023
The fee-paying school has just eight children per class, with work in every subject set according to the pupil's level, head teacher Samantha Lea said.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2022
I look at my little sister and think how she has inherited the best qualities our family has to offer: my mother’s healing hands, my father’s level head, and my fight.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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