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commonality

[kom-uh-nal-i-tee] / ˌkɒm əˈnæl ɪ ti /


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"With aging, problems mysteriously emerge at many levels -- at the mechanistic, cellular, and organ level -- but one commonality is that all those processes are mediated by proteins," Frydman said.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

Even on the Middle East there was commonality.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

"It's what the country needs. We need to have peace and we need to find commonality between all people," she said.

From Barron's Feb. 3, 2026

This large ensemble of teens tackled Mahler’s search for peace and commonality among the chaos and beauty of nature and our own emotional chaos, with inspirational tenacity.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2025

He was the only other Black person on the entire squad, and we immediately bonded over that commonality.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

With nearly 200 cases reported in their county alone, the Washtenaw County Health Department in southeastern Michigan is trying to find any commonalities among patients, said Susan Ringler-Cerniglia, spokeswoman for the county health department.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Yet commonalities remain: One remedy for vampirism, found on several continents, was to exhume the undead corpse and to drink what was left of its blood.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

For these friends — in a lot of cases, "warm acquaintances" is a better fit — the list of commonalities might end there.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2025

But, he adds, they also have "enormous commonalities" - China is Australia's largest trading partner - and New Zealand's - for instance.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2025

Alan Merriam, an anthropologist and one of the founders of ethnomusicology, created a list of ten commonalities of musical behavior after travelling extensively among many different people.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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