common ground

noun

: a basis of mutual interest or agreement

Examples of common ground in a Sentence

Hunters and environmentalists found common ground in their opposition to the new law.
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Because nobody has the attention span sufficient to think through an argument and find common ground. Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025 Advertisement This environment rewards suspicion and punishes good-faith efforts to find common ground. Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025 There’s still work to do to find a common ground in terms of tone and creative freedom. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025 The play, by Jordan Ramirez Puckett, follows a mother-son cross-country road trip peppered with the teen’s hip-hop music as a brown son and his white mother seek common ground in their uncommon pasts. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for common ground

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of common ground was in 1570

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“Common ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20ground. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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