in common with
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formal
: the same as : like
The town, in common with others in the region, depends on the tourism industry.
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Newsom doesn’t have much in common with voters in states like Ohio or Pennsylvania, Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at University of California Berkeley and University of Southern California, said.
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Perhaps United’s core principles have more in common with Bayern and Real Madrid.
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Each episode is full of kid-friendly slapstick violence and mean-spirited comedy, giving the series more in common with Looney Tunes and Tex Avery than with squeaky-clean Disney fare.
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Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Perhaps United’s core principles have more in common with Bayern and Real Madrid.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
In terms of its basic setup, Send Help has little in common with Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or–winning film.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
Each episode is full of kid-friendly slapstick violence and mean-spirited comedy, giving the series more in common with Looney Tunes and Tex Avery than with squeaky-clean Disney fare.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 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 8 Feb. 2026.
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