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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Fastvold assumed lessons on Lee and the Shakers were taught in US schools as part of the curriculum — or at least common knowledge for most Americans — considering the rarity of a proto-feminist leader during that period.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Kentucky law allows drivers to make right turns on red lights unless there is a sign prohibiting it, but what may not be common knowledge is the law allowing vehicles to turn left on red.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Life is full of coördination problems that are addressed through common knowledge, Pinker writes.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
The somewhat obscure linkup became common knowledge to the thru-hiking internet via Guo’s daily chronicles of her journey.
—David Gleisner, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Kentucky law allows drivers to make right turns on red lights unless there is a sign prohibiting it, but what may not be common knowledge is the law allowing vehicles to turn left on red.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Life is full of coördination problems that are addressed through common knowledge, Pinker writes.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
The somewhat obscure linkup became common knowledge to the thru-hiking internet via Guo’s daily chronicles of her journey.
—David Gleisner, Outside, 13 Oct. 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 30 Dec. 2025.
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