communal
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Watching the movie in its original format, with an ecstatic audience in a packed theater, was transporting, communal, enough to make one sentimental.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
A year before the attack, Zeraati's wife had filmed Stana and another man in the communal garden in front of their Wimbledon home.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Though Mr. Vile plays many of the instruments, the tracks feel communal, intimate and spontaneous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The croissant I ordered was fine, but the atmosphere was lovely — open and airy with a communal wood table inside and green and white bistro chairs outside.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
He was annoyed because he had just come back from a drive home to discover that a pot of stew he’d put into the communal refrigerator at the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center had been eaten.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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