as in mind
the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities
these working conditions are threatening my sanity!
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Recent Examples of sanity
There’s a touch of Catch-22 in the sanity conundrum.
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Alex Vernon
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
Against the backdrop of U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance’s jaw-dropping polemic against European democracies at February’s Munich Security Conference, this was a welcome return to sense, if not sanity.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 June 2025
But Verghese, of Stanford University, a physician who spoke of compassion, healing and of life’s brevity, was the chief messenger of sanity.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
While these patterns can contribute to reclusive behaviors, many of them help celebrities keep their sense of sanity in a world of chaos.
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—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Alex Vernon
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
Against the backdrop of U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance’s jaw-dropping polemic against European democracies at February’s Munich Security Conference, this was a welcome return to sense, if not sanity.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 June 2025
But Verghese, of Stanford University, a physician who spoke of compassion, healing and of life’s brevity, was the chief messenger of sanity.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
While these patterns can contribute to reclusive behaviors, many of them help celebrities keep their sense of sanity in a world of chaos.
4.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanity
mind
Noun
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Adaptation keeps you top of mind when budgets tighten.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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My pen, my mind and my feelings are in every verse and in every hook.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
9 June 2025
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“Sanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanity. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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