in common with
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: the same as : like
The town, in common with others in the region, depends on the tourism industry.
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The signaling that Rosenblatt and her team described in human tissues has several things in common with electrical mechanisms Süel has described in microbes — and which appear again and again across the tree of life.
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
And the main thing that Yasmin has in common with her husband—the hapless aristocrat Henry Muck, played by Kit Harington—is their terrible fathers.
—Louis Staples, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
There can be no excuses because the general team performance against mid-table Fulham had plenty in common with those that had gone before it.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
And the main thing that Yasmin has in common with her husband—the hapless aristocrat Henry Muck, played by Kit Harington—is their terrible fathers.
—Louis Staples, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026
Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
There can be no excuses because the general team performance against mid-table Fulham had plenty in common with those that had gone before it.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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“In common with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20common%20with. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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