sounder
sounder
/ˈsaʊn dər/
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Definition(s):
- (n) a device for making soundings
Usage(s):
- MY OWN VIEW IS THAT THIS IS backward: the biology of consciousness offers a sounder basis for morality than the unprovable dogma of an immortal soul.
- Among the dozens of American, British and German scientists who have visited Russia in recent years, a sounder assessment is now emerging.
- The banking system will be based on sounder principles.
Quotes
- "The financial crisis has underscored the importance of international coordination both in responding to the crisis and in developing and implementing policies for a sounder financial system," IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn and Mario Draghi,...on Nov 14, 2008 By: Mario Draghi Source: FOXNews
- "When they crash and burn on the race track, it's such a turnoff," Chenery said. "People are really horrified about that and we can't afford it. We need to breed sounder horses."on Jun 6, 2008 By: Penny Chenery Source: CNNMoney.com
- "The global market has ceased to function," Brown said yesterday at a press conference in London. "The banking system must be sounder, and that is why we are putting the capital in."on Oct 8, 2008 By: Gordon Brown Source: eTaiwan News
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