How to Use commonality in a Sentence
commonality
noun- The plans share important commonalities.
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The commonality is the need for speed and the thrill of going fast down the track.
— Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2018 -
Is there some commonality to the songs that speaks to you?
— Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 25 June 2021 -
The only commonality the two seem to have is their out-of-this-world sound.
— Shelby Stewart, Chron, 19 Jan. 2021 -
Each word played earns points based on the commonality of the letters used to form it.
— cleveland, 16 Mar. 2020 -
But still, there were plenty of commonalities linking the past and the present on the kids' list, too.
— Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024 -
For me, my place of peace is always back in the commonality of us all.
— Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian, 21 June 2018 -
And that will lead you to find more commonality and more spark.
— Alisa Cohn, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 -
But there is a commonality there, and a fear on my part.
— Fox News, 19 July 2018 -
There needs to be commonality among the damages for the whole class.
— Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024 -
So there was a lot of commonality of threads with our brand DNA.
— Booth Moore, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024 -
There may be commonalities in the swagger and the outfits, but none in the music.
— Leila Cobo, Billboard, 25 June 2023 -
The chairs of the March on Washington, though, shared a commonality: All were men.
— Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023 -
If there is a match, that commonality tells them a lot.
— Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022 -
But there are some commonalities in the way these middle powers view the war in Ukraine.
— Daniel S. Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2023 -
This is to be based on the Model 3, with a high degree of parts commonality between the two.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 July 2019 -
The commonality: All of the teams afforded themselves space to achieve; a chance for their sum to be greater than their parts.
— Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018 -
Meadows and McCarthy both have the ear of the president, and that commonality may well unite them in the weeks ahead.
— Ella Nilsen, Vox, 13 Apr. 2018 -
Seven years ago, there were some commonalities among the horse deaths in New York.
— John Cherwa, latimes.com, 22 June 2019 -
My goal is to find the humor in the commonality of the experience.
— Denise Davidson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 May 2018 -
There’s commonality across species in the involvement of a brain area like the striatum.
— Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024 -
And that's one of the questions that's gonna be asked about these people, was there a commonality of people on birth control pills?
— Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2021 -
To stand up for the underdog and to rise together around the commonality of LOVE.
— Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2020 -
That commonality is [in the jam and electronic worlds] is very close.
— Katie Bain, Billboard, 27 June 2019 -
There's no way to determine the commonality of the tactics, states the CPT report.
— David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2019 -
While all the designers are Black, that’s where the commonality ends.
— Jill Newman, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2021 -
So although each poem doesn’t maybe match the portrait per se, there’s just a commonality that runs through the grief of losing a loved one that way.
— Washington Post, 13 May 2018 -
There is more to it than that: the broader commonalities behind Brexit and Trump.
— Martin Farr, Quartz, 4 June 2019 -
The basics Policies vary by cruise line, but there are some commonalities across brands.
— Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2023 -
When tragedy ultimately strikes, paralysis is the commonality between each character, and the outlook for intermarried social warfare is decidedly grim.
— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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