sensible answer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsensibleandanswer
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sensible
adjective
uk/ˈsen.sə.bəl/us/ˈsen.sə.bəl/
based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas ...
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answer
noun[C]
uk/ˈɑːn.sər/us/ˈæn.sɚ/
a reaction to a question, letter, phone ...
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(Definition ofsensibleandanswerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Just when the insurrection began has puzzled many, and in this book the authors provide the mostsensibleansweryet available.
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An unsophisticated but perfectlysensibleansweris this.
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It is a matter in which he has made a very genuine effort to find asensibleanswerto a difficult problem.
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I cannot believe that that is asensibleanswerto the problem.
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Obviously, thesensibleansweris to budget for a surplus.
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Somehow, we must find asensibleanswerwhich is not so destructive of an advanced society.
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The issue of resources cannot therefore be advanced as asensibleanswerto my question.
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Ultimately, there is only onesensibleanswer—the conquest of inflation.
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That is the mostsensibleansweron which to close the debate.
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I am convinced that demolition is the onlysensibleanswer.
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I believe, therefore, that it is asensibleanswer.
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I would appreciate a reallysensibleanswerto this question.
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There is no coherent orsensibleanswerforthcoming.
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A block exemption is obviously asensibleanswer.
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He, too, has been unable to provide anysensibleanswer.
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I hope therefore that we may helpfully come forward with asensibleanswerto this problem.
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That seems to be the mostsensibleanswer.
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Therefore, in the meantime, it seems to me that a referendum is the mostsensibleanswer.
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The onlysensibleanswerthat one can give is that they did not mind about it.
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I can think of no othersensibleanswerto this sort of ludicrous interference between employer and employee.
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