common knowledge
noun
: something that many or most people know
It's common knowledge that she plans to run for mayor.
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Uncertainty about the motives and opinions of others leads to confusion; common knowledge leads to action.
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
The unique human capacity to weep may have evolved to strengthen social bonds and generate common knowledge regarding our inner states.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Within each subject, there will be some common knowledge, but mostly, each student wants to learn based upon their own interests, beliefs, and plans for the future.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
It is now considered common knowledge in Washington policymaking circles that China aims to replace the United States as the dominant global superpower and to aggressively expand its territory.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
The unique human capacity to weep may have evolved to strengthen social bonds and generate common knowledge regarding our inner states.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Within each subject, there will be some common knowledge, but mostly, each student wants to learn based upon their own interests, beliefs, and plans for the future.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
It is now considered common knowledge in Washington policymaking circles that China aims to replace the United States as the dominant global superpower and to aggressively expand its territory.
—David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for common knowledge
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“Common knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20knowledge. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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