How to Use commonality in a Sentence
commonality
noun- The plans share important commonalities.
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And that will lead you to find more commonality and more spark.
—Alisa Cohn, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
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For me, my place of peace is always back in the commonality of us all.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian, 21 June 2018
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The commonality is the need for speed and the thrill of going fast down the track.
—Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2018
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Each word played earns points based on the commonality of the letters used to form it.
—cleveland, 16 Mar. 2020
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There’s still a lot of commonality to it.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 May 2026
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The only commonality the two seem to have is their out-of-this-world sound.
—Shelby Stewart, Chron, 19 Jan. 2021
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There needs to be commonality among the damages for the whole class.
—Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
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So, there should be some commonality with that.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
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Yet what struck me most was not the contrast but the commonality.
—William Muck, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
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There are red flags that are commonalities among scams, Nofziger said.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 26 June 2026
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Their commonalities, on the other hand, cut right to the bone.
—SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
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But there is one more quirky commonality.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
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But still, there were plenty of commonalities linking the past and the present on the kids' list, too.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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The most important commonality is that none of these are work books.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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That commonality is [in the jam and electronic worlds] is very close.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 27 June 2019
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But this doesn't prevent me from weighing in on other things that there might be commonality on.
—CBS News, 4 June 2019
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The one commonality across the menu is comfort.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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There may be commonalities in the swagger and the outfits, but none in the music.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 25 June 2023
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But there are some commonalities in the way these middle powers view the war in Ukraine.
—Daniel S. Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2023
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So there was a lot of commonality of threads with our brand DNA.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
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Still, there are commonalities for all the players.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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To me, the best friends to hang out with are those that, despite our commonality, are opposites of me in some ways as well.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
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There’s commonality across species in the involvement of a brain area like the striatum.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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Seven years ago, there were some commonalities among the horse deaths in New York.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 22 June 2019
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Never spent a ton of time with him in any work capacity, but there’s a commonality in that.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
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The basics Policies vary by cruise line, but there are some commonalities across brands.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2023
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But the photo is not of that celebrity, and might only share commonalities with that figure.
—Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
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To build chemistry, there must be commonality.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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My goal is to find the humor in the commonality of the experience.
—Denise Davidson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 May 2018
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