denominator

There’s a difference between being a “controversial” comic and appealing to the lowest common denominator.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

It’s condescending and hacky and the humor always aims for the lowest common denominator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Mr. Johnson adjusts the denominator by removing the third-trimester women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Under this scenario, if the stock’s forward P/E remains the same, it means the stock price has risen because the valuation denominator has increased.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The common denominator in all these conditions—whether in the lungs, the muscles, or the bones—is overwhelming pain.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Surely we can point to numerous reasons but one of the more common denominators of our great heritage, for generation upon generation, was our appreciation for “the value of honest labor.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Now that fires from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Castaic have finally subsided, thousands upon thousands of residents are returning to a life dispossessed of its least common denominators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

There are some common denominators causing stress on the system that will take radical reform to tackle.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024

Expanding our knowledge of sleep behaviors across the animal kingdom, sleep researchers note, could reveal common denominators of what the behavior is for at the most basic level.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2023

“Is Lexie still doing theatre?” she asked, and for the rest of the meal they made superficial chitchat about the common denominators of their life: children, traffic, the weather.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng