How to Use common time in a Sentence
common time
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The most common time for this to happen is between the ages of 10 and 11.
— wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Two or three years was the second most common time frame.
— Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024 -
There is a more common time of year for hate crimes in schools, according to the FBI.
— Luke Barr, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024 -
The end of the regular season is the most common time for teams to cut coaches loose.
— New York Times, 31 Dec. 2019 -
Spring and summer are the most common times for infection, the CDC says.
— Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 26 July 2019 -
The most common time is 3:30 or 4 p.m., but do whatever works for you.
— Richard Morgan, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021 -
Another common time to wake in the middle of the night is when your blood sugar drops.
— Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2023 -
Big junctures in life are a common time for a celestial steer.
— The Economist, 24 Feb. 2018 -
Phone switching is the most common time for carriers to gain or lose a subscriber.
— Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2020 -
Find a common time for people to convene and connect every week.
— Anne Iversen, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 -
Outside of the loss of a loved one, one of the most common times to experience grief is at the end of a romantic relationship.
— Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 -
The three most common times for tipping are at restaurants, during travel, and at salons.
— Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2017 -
March-April and October-November are the most common times.
— David Nikel, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 -
This is just one of many common time-travel paradoxes brought about by traveling faster than light.
— Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023 -
One of the most common times grass seed won't germinate is after a pre-emergent herbicide has been put down to prevent weed growth.
— Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2023 -
Asteatotic eczema, on the other hand, is more seasonal, and fall and winter are the most common times that people experience eczema flare-ups.
— Talia Abbas, SELF, 7 Jan. 2019 -
On the other hand, winter months like December, January and February are among the least common times for babies to be born.
— Abigail Abrams, Time, 8 Sep. 2017 -
That’s not altogether surprising, Tibbitts said, since national research shows that the most common time for a person in the United States to be homeless is during the first year of life.
— Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020 -
The most common time that such data is made available to them is during either a routine or emergency health visit with a primary or urgent care provider.
— Frederick Daso, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 -
Ackerman says the 10 to 11 age range when children are approximately around fifth or sixth grade, tends to be a common time for children to receive their first cell phones due to safety aspects that the devices can provide.
— Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 21 July 2022 -
That’s usually a common time for manufacturers to try to push more purchases.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 Nov. 2021 -
While late August is hardly a common time for a Hollywood release, a push to the fall or early 2021 would have been difficult given Disney’s other movies, which have also been rescheduled due to the pandemic.
— Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 26 June 2020 -
As a bonus, magnetic reversals could provide a common time marker for rocks from different locations.
— Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 20 Dec. 2022 -
Remote learning has two broad logistical options: scheduling a common time for students and teachers to meet online or allowing students to login at their will to access prepared materials.
— Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2020 -
Post-vacation is an especially common time for this phenomenon.
— Karen Burns, The Seattle Times, 6 Sep. 2017
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