in common with
idiom
formal
: the same as : like
The town, in common with others in the region, depends on the tourism industry.
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Debra Messing has much in common with Lucille Ball: bright red hair, a big smile, and an undeniable talent for physical comedy.
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Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
Peterson has almost nothing in common with, say, Dave Portnoy, another mascot of the bro-sphere, who mostly just wants to be left alone to eat pizza and drink beer by the pool.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Saudi officials, in common with their counterparts in the other Gulf states, have long sought to avoid taking sides in the emerging era of great power competition and strategic rivalry.
—Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
Erica, a high-school English teacher, has something in common with her student Abigail — but in 2016, as a new presidential administration looms, neither one of them knows how to break through their South Dakota small town’s ideas to support each other.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
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Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
Peterson has almost nothing in common with, say, Dave Portnoy, another mascot of the bro-sphere, who mostly just wants to be left alone to eat pizza and drink beer by the pool.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Saudi officials, in common with their counterparts in the other Gulf states, have long sought to avoid taking sides in the emerging era of great power competition and strategic rivalry.
—Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
Erica, a high-school English teacher, has something in common with her student Abigail — but in 2016, as a new presidential administration looms, neither one of them knows how to break through their South Dakota small town’s ideas to support each other.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in common with
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“In common with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20common%20with. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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