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There’s a difference between being a “controversial” comic and appealing to the lowest common denominator.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

No. But he is the common denominator through all of this.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I found, unsurprisingly, that the steps people have taken vary quite significantly, but they all have one common denominator: The greens are cooked—in more ways than one.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Szymanski observes that the vast majority of successful footballing nations share another common denominator: wealth.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

But theft was the one unforgivable sin, the common denominator of all sins.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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