How to Use common denominator in a Sentence

common denominator

noun

• Drugs seem to be the common denominator in these crimes.
• The common denominator in all of the fires was the wind, LaRue said.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2022
• The common denominator is the total lack of a password in the process.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
• The more compelling common denominator of the Dolphins’ win streak is the rise of Phillips.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• Is there some common denominator to the failures of the last decade?
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 2 July 2021
• And the common denominator of all these frills-on-steroids?
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 July 2023
• Because at the end of the day the common denominator is winning.
  — Jamal Collier, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• All this has been building, and the common denominator is the abuse of power.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
• The common denominator: strong opinions and an undying love of the art form.
  — Rs Editors, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2022
• Julie Heacock White, a mural artist and the only one who still lives in La Mesa, points to love as a common denominator.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2022
• The common denominator for all of us who work here in real estate is the work ethic.
  — Alyssa Shelasky, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2022
• Florio says there is a common denominator in the spate of crimes against rappers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
• The common denominator among the sushi is fish that shines no matter its treatment.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• The vast majority of the pages have one common denominator: the Ofori case.
  — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• His newest book is an expansive study of the cell—the common denominator of all life—and its dizzying range of types and functions.
  — Hamilton Cain, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
• All of this drama between the two leads us back to one common denominator: gain of function.
  — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2021
• That’s the theme, and the common denominator, for this third and final installment of our end-of-year series about the top stories in this column for 2021.
  — Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Heading to the beach, into the office, or back to school requires one common denominator: a lunch bag.
  — Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
• The common denominator is his ability to keep the players moving in the same direction as doubt tries to find a way in.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• With one major common denominator: they’re all set in the past.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Marie Claire, 18 Nov. 2020
• The common denominator for Bagley the last two seasons has been injuries.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
• One clear common denominator among the four: a genuine push to hire more people of color.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2021
• The common denominator of the boon: films that could play to families looking for an escape.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
• Is there a common denominator that draws people to hate groups?
  — Laurie Udesky, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• The common denominator in all three wins has been defense.
  — oregonlive, 1 May 2021
• At the end of the day, when your steaming bounty is piled high, deliciousness is the common denominator.
  — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2020
• The common denominator in both commitments was a love of UCLA.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• Buster Posey was the common denominator of the championship era, and his retirement left a major void in 2022.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2022
• The common denominator in those three pictures, of course, was Bill Murray.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2022
• The common denominator among the finalists is these guys can flat-out score the basketball.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024