sounder  /ˈsaʊn dər/ ? Meaning of "sounder"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a device for making soundings

Usage(s):

  1. 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.
  2. Among the dozens of American, British and German scientists who have visited Russia in recent years, a sounder assessment is now emerging.
  3. The banking system will be based on sounder principles.

Quotes

  1. "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

  2. "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

  3. "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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