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“This fragmentation means that voters may no longer share a common frame of reference when evaluating candidates and election issues.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Such exams are typically given when doctors suspect cognitive decline, as journalist Jim Acosta underscored recently by taking the test himself, which involves drawing a cube or identifying common animals.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
One midwife says when she first started at the trust, in the early 2010s, neonatal deaths were rare but became "increasingly common" and staff became "desensitised" to what was happening.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Planetary solidarity to address climate change, overpopulation, poverty and all the other common threats to the welfare of the world may be desirable, but is wildly improbable.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
What were the odds that each of them knew somebody else in common?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing common
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Schooled
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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