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
Jude Bellingham conducts himself like a man twice his age, the wisdom, the level-headed nature and the self-awareness.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Becerra’s supporters say a level-headed leader is what California needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
“He seemed like a level-headed person,” one friend says of Richard “Beebo” Russell, the subject of the documentary “#Skyking.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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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