in common

phrase

: shared together
has a lot in common with his neighbors

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Seattle — Scott Harris, the president of baseball operations for the Detroit Tigers, has at least one thing in common with Riley Greene, the team’s 25-year-old former first round draft pick and three-time All-Star outfielder. Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 What all three cases have in common is that nobody can quite explain what exactly the crime here is. Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026 Kurtz, whose humor-forward campaign has more than a little in common with Pedigo’s approach, first announced his intent to run in March 2025 with a social media post promoting education and a minimum wage increase. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2026 Their missions, incentives and legal forms had almost nothing in common. Andrew Sorohan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in common

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“In common.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20common. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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