be common
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The weather service noted that highs near 90 could be common, with the warmest temperatures along the coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
These telltale signs used to be common in generated texts because the tools had been trained on American scientific writing or American novels, he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
That used to be common, according to Colonel Gazilanes.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The race for hot digital properties resembles the kind of dogfights for buzzy scripts that used to be common in Hollywood during the 1980s and ’90s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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