denominator
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"You don't count medical aid in terms of trucks and pallets; that's not a denominator we use," said the WHO's Reinhilde Van de Weerdt.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
It willfully tries to make something seem lowest common denominator, so that there can be a community based around that thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
As earnings estimates fall, valuation multiples can rise because the denominator of the price-to-earnings ratio shrinks, Sagal said.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Many have dismissed the fruity videos as so-called artificial intelligence "slop" -- poor-quality content churned out to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The common denominator in all these conditions—whether in the lungs, the muscles, or the bones—is overwhelming pain.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Surely we can point to numerous reasons but one of the more common denominators of our great heritage, for generation upon generation, was our appreciation for “the value of honest labor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
There are some common denominators causing stress on the system that will take radical reform to tackle.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024
Expanding our knowledge of sleep behaviors across the animal kingdom, sleep researchers note, could reveal common denominators of what the behavior is for at the most basic level.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2023
With up to 20 possible ingredients and countless variations, we focused on common denominators to pare down the list to essentials.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
Cool Hand Luke, Brubaker, The Shawshank Redemption, and many others paint melodramatic pictures of prison life that have some common denominators.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing denominator
Arithmetic
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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