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in common

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common adj.
alike adv.
jointly adv.

ADJECTIVE

common

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accepted popular prevailing prevalent shared universal

STRONG

collective community constant correspondent general generic joint like public reciprocal social

WEAK

coincident communal communistic commutual congruous conjoint conjunct corporate customary intermutual mutual socialistic united usual well-known widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

uncommon

STRONG

individual particular private separate singular specific

WEAK

abnormal aristocratic cultured excellent extraordinary high infrequent noble noteworthy rare refined scarce sophisticated superior unusual valuable

ADVERB

alike

Synonyms

STRONGEST

likewise

WEAK

analogously comparably comparatively consonantly correspondingly equally equivalently evenly identically in accordance with in the same degree in the same manner similarly the same way uniformly

Antonyms

WEAK

differently dissimilarly unequally unevenly

ADVERB

jointly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accordingly collectively cooperatively in tandem mutually simultaneously together unitedly

STRONG

conjointly

WEAK

agreeably alike arm in arm coincidentally combined companionably concomitantly concurrently connectedly en masse hand in glove hand in hand harmoniously in a group in company with in concert in conjunction in league in partnership in unison inextricably inseparably intimately reciprocally side by side similarly synchronically with one another

Antonyms

WEAK

singly

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in common

But other than novelty, what do these candidates have in common?

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

One California law firm says yes, and has filed a barrage of lawsuits this year, targeting hotels in California and elsewhere over synthetic fragrances in common areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

What does a bakery owner from San Francisco have in common with a retired British Army officer, a newly-qualified Scottish lawyer, a US Marine veteran, an Edinburgh artist and a teacher from Fife?

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The chorus of “Stone Fruit” has a lot in common with that of the title track, and “Two Fried” reprises elements of “Lucky.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

But there is no collective term for all the different positions which have in common a recognition that some forms of knowledge of nature are more successful than others, and that consequently knowledge can progress.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

in common

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