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commonality

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


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He should know about eroding the foundations of commonality.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

"It's a term coined by the media, used to describe a group of young people whose only commonality is their success," Jon Sale, the businessman's lawyer in the US, told BBC News Mundo.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

It’s even better if you build them between two strangers that don’t know each other, that now have commonality that has nothing to do with you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

"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

Just because he had discovered a commonality of experience between himself and Ann Atwater didn’t mean that he would immediately leave the Klan and sign up with the NAACP.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

LiquidPiston calls its engine an “inside-out Wankel” to acknowledge the commonalities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

Other impulses surround them: the impulse to not be alone, to hear a loved one’s voice, to connect with other people who share your identity group and political commonalities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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

The approach is to step back and ask questions to find commonalities in both cultures from which to work.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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