How to Use common ground in a Sentence

common ground

noun

• Hunters and environmentalists found common ground in their opposition to the new law.
• Music is one of the things that gives people common ground and can be very restorative.
  — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2021
• But finding common ground across the Europe Union will not be easy.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
• Take the feedback, find common ground and continue to build on that in a very proactive way.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• This isn’t the first time Hawley and Sanders have found common ground on an issue.
  — Sarah Hansen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• The open outdoor areas serve as a common ground to play pickleball, corn hole, life-size chess, and ping pong.
  — Sucheta Rawal, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2021
• Despite some differences between himself and Trump over the years, the pair have found common ground in the past year.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
• When conflicts pop up, play mediator, not referee—focus on finding common ground.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
• Blair was also passionate about reaching out to find common ground with Latinos, Asians and other cultural groups, Smith said.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
• And where else—as several people pointed out to me in the course of reporting this story—do Americans estranged from each other manage to find common ground?
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
• Defensive lineman Ta’Quon Graham said that the team was able to find common ground over the song after several group discussions.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2021
• Whatever bit of civilization he’s carved out in this place where Natives, settlers, and even the occasional Mormon can find common ground is about to go up in flames.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
• While Twitter often shows the divide in this country, on the issue of women serving in the military and Carlson's comments that have shown it is possible to find common ground.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• Since then, the two sides have found more common ground.
  — Rebecca Souw, Variety, 25 Aug. 2021
• Here are the areas where the new poll found common ground.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2024
• Still, the men kept speaking and soon found common ground.
  — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
• Wright said the shop provided a place for the two sides to find common ground.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 18 July 2022
• The good of these children should be common ground for us.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 24 May 2021
• Try to come to some common ground and just figure it out.
  — Charli Penn, Essence, 30 June 2021
• The goal: find even the tiniest sliver of common ground.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• Here are some things that might help: Find common ground.
  — Essence, 3 Aug. 2021
• But the strange bedfellows were happy to have the common ground.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
• The best way to connect and find common ground is through stories.
  — Ellevate, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
• That was common ground, rich and fertile on both sides.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
• And that's a way that people in this country could have some more common ground.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• Hey, Doc: The Guardians have approached Bieber in the past about extensions, but the two sides couldn’t find common ground.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2022
• Thursday wasn't the first time Sanders appeared to find common ground with Musk.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• With plenty of common ground, these two signs mesh well.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
• At the time, the two disparate groups were attempting to find common ground.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• Politicians on either side of the aisle found rare common ground.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 2 Feb 2025