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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
There are fewer data points, including case records, tissue samples and images, for rare diseases than more common conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Now aged 20, Isaak says he was sometimes "terrified" trying to strike up conversations, but the fact everyone was studying English together gave them common ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Chipmunks are very tame, and it’s common to have them eat out of your hand.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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
Like a rude commoner watching performers on some village green, Hamlet commented loudly throughout the play.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
"Melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer, is now the fifth commonest cancer in the UK, the ongoing rise being attributed to sunbathing."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
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
“When someone asks what new or exciting birds I have seen on my morning walk, I smile and answer with delight as I name the commonest birds,” she writes.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
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
This last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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