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sanely

  • a word derived from sane.

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It’s not too soon for Americans to start thinking about how to elect a president who can talk sanely and confidently about how we’re going to survive this future.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

"Thank goodness they're so sanely run," he tweeted sarcastically on Monday.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2023

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality,” wrote Shirley Jackson in the first line of her 1959 horror novel The Haunting of Hill House.

From Scientific American Jun. 16, 2023

You need to look for these supports to sanely get you through the grind.

From Seattle Times Jul. 9, 2021

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson