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common

[kom-uhn] / ˈkɒm ən /




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ProPublica replied the following day that it’s common practice for journalists to reach out to people we are writing about.

From Salon

Previous research from the National Institutes of Health has shown that certain aggressive and treatment-resistant breast cancers are becoming more common.

From Science Daily

“It is common for a handful of these storms to provide the bulk of the snowpack each season, and we have seen an example of this just in this past month.”

From Los Angeles Times

More motive, as it happens, than common sense.

From The Wall Street Journal

Non-melanoma cancers like basal and squamous cell are more common but usually less likely to spread or be fatal, he said.

From BBC