communal
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Sports foster communal connection—which, for most participants, matters as much as winning.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“Having a communal, shared experience with a classic story that still reminds us of ourselves, it gives us the opportunity to realize that since time immemorial, we’ve all asked the same questions,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
"In order to actually break that, you have to provide an enriching, communal, social life," said Morin.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
“It’s become this almost communal hub that goes past just golf,” Lee said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes nor in our brains.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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