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denominator

[dih-nom-uh-nay-ter] / dɪˈnɒm əˌneɪ tər /
NOUN
common denominator
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The common denominator has often been tech leaders at helms with enough leverage to dictate such terms to eager investors motivated by FOMO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

No. But he is the common denominator through all of this.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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

Much of this art, to be sure, is pretty shoddy—art at third- and fourth-hand, worn out by endless repetition, representing the lowest common denominator of popular taste.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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

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

With up to 20 possible ingredients and countless variations, we focused on common denominators to pare down the list to essentials.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 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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