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commonality

[kom-uh-nal-i-tee] / ˌkɒm əˈnæl ɪ ti /


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It’s even better if you build them between two strangers that don’t know each other, that now have commonality that has nothing to do with you.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"With aging, problems mysteriously emerge at many levels -- at the mechanistic, cellular, and organ level -- but one commonality is that all those processes are mediated by proteins," Frydman said.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

Even on the Middle East there was commonality.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

That commonality, and the seemingly insatiable demand for electrons from those power-hungry AI data centers, is creating some surprising opportunities for companies.

From Barron's Dec. 11, 2025

I thought that once the heated polemics had cooled, the essential commonality of the struggle would bring us together.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Yet commonalities remain: One remedy for vampirism, found on several continents, was to exhume the undead corpse and to drink what was left of its blood.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

Those commonalities help ensure there’s agreement between the two and Ellison, Magouyrk said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

Packham was hoping that by getting a whole range of activists together on a single stage "they would all see the bigger picture and recognise that there are far more commonalities between them than differences."

From BBC Apr. 24, 2025

For these friends — in a lot of cases, "warm acquaintances" is a better fit — the list of commonalities might end there.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2025

They are more complex than they were on that walk to the windmill so many years ago, but they still have much in common, and their commonalities shine.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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