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As people around the world live longer and the proportion of older adults grows, age-related conditions such as dementia are becoming increasingly common.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Infante pointed me toward research by Rabobank senior beverage analyst Bourcard Nesin that complicates one of the most common assumptions about Gen Z drinking habits.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said designing beautiful cars has a lot in common with creating intuitive mobile apps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Most common by far is injecting the gel-like substance hyaluronic acid - the same key ingredient used in lip fillers.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
There was no getting away from insects in this place, and the worst bites were from tsetse flies, which were common on the island.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
He’s been called a thief, a benefactor, a commoner, a lord, a killer and a hero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Princess Mette-Marit married Norway's Crown Prince Haakon as a commoner when her son Marius Borg Høiby was four, and is in line to become queen when her husband accedes to the throne.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
LONDON—It was supposed to be the moment a shamed prince was reduced to humble commoner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
I’ve never known another commoner who had the nerve to do that.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
"Melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer, is now the fifth commonest cancer in the UK."
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
So-called hyperemesis gravidarum is the commonest cause of admission to hospital of women in the first three months of pregnancy.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
Rampant, unchecked militarism, as historian Arnold Toynbee noted, "has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations."
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2022
Rather, Button selected their products for BuyMeOnce because of the inventive ways Davek responds to the commonest problem: losing that umbrella.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
Among land animals hunted, wild boar and deer were the commonest prey, followed by mountain goat and bear.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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