commons

Example Sentences

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Campaigners said requirements to cut livestock grazing on the moor's commons, under new contracts from the government's conservation agency, could lead to the removal - and likely cull - of up to 90% hill ponies.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

“If all the swimming pools and private places of business in Poultney were to be considered a public commons, just imagine the crippling cost of the liability insurance,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Succession concluded before generative A.I. overcame the creative commons, but it’s likely the budget-slashing Tom would have readily embraced the tech much as D’Amaro has.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

The Free Table began as a kind of informal commons, a collision point of surplus and need.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

The commons realized in the same instant as Ned that the blue of the flowers came from sapphires; a gasp went up from a thousand throats.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin