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denominator

[dih-nom-uh-ney-ter] / dɪˈnɒm əˌneɪ tər /
NOUN
common denominator
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The common denominator for all of the editions is audiences who are more upscale and better educated than the average TV viewer, he added.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Staff excluded from the efficacy calculation patients who had RP1 injected in all of their tumors, but only from the numerator and not denominator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

I found, unsurprisingly, that the steps people have taken vary quite significantly, but they all have one common denominator: The greens are cooked—in more ways than one.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt with.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

“I try to just take the most common denominators and eliminate those from the menu,” said Paltrow.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 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




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