have a lot in common
idiom
: to share interests, beliefs, attitudes, opinions, etc.
They have a lot (of things) in common.
You're a musician too? I guess we have a lot in common.
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So many of these actually have a lot in common with apoptosis and the name signifies just the context.
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Three of them, Pachinko, The Sympathizer, and Shōgun, have a lot in common, from historical settings and literary source material to multilingual scripts and almost entirely Asian casts, but each also has a voice all its own.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The Hernandez brothers, unsurprisingly, have a lot in common.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
The real vice-president and the fake one don’t have a lot in common.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Three of them, Pachinko, The Sympathizer, and Shōgun, have a lot in common, from historical settings and literary source material to multilingual scripts and almost entirely Asian casts, but each also has a voice all its own.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The Hernandez brothers, unsurprisingly, have a lot in common.
—Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
The real vice-president and the fake one don’t have a lot in common.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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“Have a lot in common.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20lot%20in%20common. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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