common touch
noun
: the gift of appealing to or arousing the sympathetic interest of the common people
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Their pretentious vocabulary is what’s keeping progressives from connecting with everyday Americans, according to a memo prepared by a left-leaning think tank and aimed at helping Democrats regain their common touch.
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Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
But the wildfires afford the 97th Academy Awards an opportunity to step outside the velvet rope and display a common touch.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
Once in the Oval Office, Carter continued to bring a common touch to the presidency.
—Justin Doom, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Gardiner has made space, too, for other lovely turns: Matthew Lamb is a delight as the Little Boy, an upper-crust kid with a common touch and a weird clairvoyant inkling of impending war.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
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Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
But the wildfires afford the 97th Academy Awards an opportunity to step outside the velvet rope and display a common touch.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
Once in the Oval Office, Carter continued to bring a common touch to the presidency.
—Justin Doom, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Gardiner has made space, too, for other lovely turns: Matthew Lamb is a delight as the Little Boy, an upper-crust kid with a common touch and a weird clairvoyant inkling of impending war.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
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“Common touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20touch. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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