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Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among children and affects more than 40% of children in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The prime minister wants to meet Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey on Wednesday, when he is expected to give a speech saying that finding cross-party common ground will be key to the reform.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Money is the common factor, the poll showed:
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
"We are working on a new and realistic methodology, let's say, which will help us reach our common aim to do something different this time after the experiences of 2004 and 2017," Erhuman said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Regardless, it was common knowledge that you could find many of the Academy staff in the simulation rooms after hours, reliving their glory days over and over again.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
He’s been called a thief, a benefactor, a commoner, a lord, a killer and a hero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Even if he were simply a "commoner", his past relationship with the Royal Family and the place would be enough to draw the monarchy into the controversy.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 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
They say those gentlemen hate Captain Smith because he is a commoner who has no special respect for nobles.
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
Many of the commonest usage errors are the result of writers thinking logically when they should be mindlessly conforming to convention.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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