uncommon
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It’s not uncommon for a justice’s past scholarship to still influence their views today.
From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026
A Fire Rover sensor monitors the space for fire safety—fires in recycling facilities like this are not uncommon.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
While take-off and landing are aviation's riskiest phases, fatal accidents immediately after lift-off are uncommon.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
It is also home to a lizard species found only on three of the Channel Islands; a spotted skunk that lives on just two Channel Islands; a unique island fox subspecies; and several uncommon birds.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
“There was something in the heat and drought,” the good doctor speculated, “which was uncommon, in their influence upon the human body.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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