common
Example Sentences
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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.
Non-melanoma cancers like basal and squamous cell are more common but usually less likely to spread or be fatal, he said.
From BBC
And because it is common for a few employees to walk in together, with only one swiping a badge to open the door, HR departments were reluctant to accuse anyone of playing hooky.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.