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level-headed

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adjective

  1. even-tempered, balanced, and reliable; steady

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“He’s as level headed and just as normal of a 21-year-old as I’ve ever been around,” Redick said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Now that he is in a managerial position, he said, it keeps him level headed when fielding customer complaints.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

"It doesn’t matter if we’re up, down. We were down the first half, but we just had to stay level headed and keep fighting."

From Fox News • Jan. 2, 2022

Pick a time when everyone is relatively calm, well fed, and level headed.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2020

In all London at that moment there was not a more level headed man of his years.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis

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