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of joint or shared interest
we have several things in common
when an audience is responding to a play they are identifying what they have in common with the human beings on stage -
in joint use or possession
property held in common
mites are arachnids, but they have a lot in common with insects
How To Use in common In A Sentence
- We have one great thing in common with Mars - both planets orbit the same star.
- The irony in Anglicanism’s devotion to its new substitute god, inclusivity, is that the only thing those who are not excluded have in common is that they are with a bunch of other people who are also not excluded. Diocese of Toronto: a Good Friday exclusive « Anglican Samizdat
- What do these four news items have in common? Times, Sunday Times
- I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
- The 15 spaces have only their fierce commitment to individuality (and, of course, their amenities) in common, ranging in style from slick minimalism to full-on kitsch.
- This system realizes the basic edit function and some functions in common use.
- For all their differences and ambiguities, empires have shared in common a will to power that should make us skeptical of their most optimistic self-assessments.
- Why do goats sing and what can a bee, a mouse, and an unknown furry creature have in common?
- This makes back and neck pain common. The Sun
- I only know that it is the best which I can find, to express one excellence which we see in our Lord, which is like what we call modesty in common human beings. Town and Country Sermons
