as in similarity
a point which two or more things share in common
one commonality between the two very different women is their passion for charity work
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Affinity fraud, experts call it: appealing to the commonality of religion, ethnicity, or culture to squeeze money out of a huge number of people.
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Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
If culture is becoming less powerful, that’s a loss—but there are other ways of experiencing commonality which, while not equivalent to culture, may have their own advantages.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
While the plaintiffs in those civil cases range from past band mates to one of the producers on Combs most recent Love album and more, there appears to many commonalities of drugs, violence, videotaping, financial and career pressure and enablers to the filings.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
One commonality between social media detoxes and silent retreats is that Jerjian and Liu also weren’t able to access social media during the retreats — where the use of phones wasn’t allowed outside of emergencies.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
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Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
If culture is becoming less powerful, that’s a loss—but there are other ways of experiencing commonality which, while not equivalent to culture, may have their own advantages.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2024
While the plaintiffs in those civil cases range from past band mates to one of the producers on Combs most recent Love album and more, there appears to many commonalities of drugs, violence, videotaping, financial and career pressure and enablers to the filings.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
One commonality between social media detoxes and silent retreats is that Jerjian and Liu also weren’t able to access social media during the retreats — where the use of phones wasn’t allowed outside of emergencies.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Commonality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonality. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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