denominator

Example Sentences

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Greer said the "new order" would involve agreements between smaller groups of countries, rather than "wasting years and even decades to agree on a lowest-common denominator".

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

If Gellar didn’t have such a spellbinding screen presence, one might think she was the common denominator factor in all of these failed series.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Sports, at its finest, can act as a cultural common denominator for our ever-fractious and divided polity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

That’s “diworsification”—ideas watered down to the lowest common denominator, the least innovative option that offends no one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

Alone in my bedroom, I studied pictures of intelligent men and searched for a common denominator.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris