commonly

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

While communication between candidate campaigns and independent committees is forbidden, these rules are commonly circumvented using legal but obvious methods.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Fast-selling items like bread and onions are placed near the front and less commonly ordered goods like novels and memory cards are in the back.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The team also reports that unpublished experiments found similar regenerative benefits after treatment with the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil, which is commonly used against colon and pancreatic cancers but can also injure the intestinal lining.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

While chlamydia was still the most commonly reported bacterial infection overall, cases had fallen 6% since 2015 to 213,443.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

But the relative positions of the two sides were closer than commonly believed.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann