communal
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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
Sports foster communal connection—which, for most participants, matters as much as winning.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“Seeing moviegoers dress up, sing, dance in the aisles, and fully lean into this as a cultural moment underscores this film as a true communal, big-screen theatrical and cinematic event.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Its usage includes all national/governmental institutions of Orgoreyn, from the State as a whole through its thirty-three component substates or Districts to the sub-substates, townships, communal farms, mines, factories, and so on, that compose these.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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