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make sense

Be understandable. This usage, first recorded in 1686, is often used in a negative context, as in This explanation doesn't make sense .
Be reasonable, wise, or practical, as in It makes sense to find out first how many will attend the conference . This term employs sense in the meaning of “what is reasonable,” a usage dating from 1600. In Britain it is also put as stand to sense .

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On its face, it makes sense that office workers would report more day-to-day conflicts than remote workers.

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It makes sense for the Rams, who won Super Bowl LVI with Donald on the front end and Ramsey in the back.

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Such was the demand for the match-up, though, a carefully constructed environment was created to make the fight make sense.

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However, if you’re expecting any of this to make sense in a real way, don’t bother.

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With that we move from the managerial revolution and the cybernetic revolution — which tried to make sense of the managerial revolution — to the neoliberal revolution of the 1970s onward.

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