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communal

[kuh-myoon-l, kom-yuh-nl] / kəˈmyun l, ˈkɒm yə nl /


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“We’ve all had and lost pets. It felt like it was very much a communal experience.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

On 1 March 2023, Zeraati's wife Oldouz Rezvani filmed two men wearing white gloves and blue surgical masks entering the communal garden of their block of flats.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

According to Elizabeth Margulis’s fascinating “Transported,” these dreams are wilder, more autobiographical and more communal than ordinary moments of mind-wandering.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

She did much of the work, and I was required to lug water from the communal tap, run errands and baby-sit my brother and sister.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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