have/share (something) in common

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: to have (a feature or characteristic) which is shared

Intersecting lines have one point in common.

The cameras share some basic features in common.

The two cultures have a lot in common (with each other).

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There’s something that nearly all Dateline episodes have in common — someone is lying. —

Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024 What do Twin Peaks, the Oregon Trail video game and Stevie Nicks have in common? —

Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024 And she’s loved seeing how much their families’ kids have in common. —

Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 Biology is used, not to draw attention to what all humans have in common, but instead to manufacture artificial divisions. —

Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for have/share (something) in common

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have/share (something) in common

have someone's (best) interests at heart

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