as in similarity
a point which two or more things share in common
the only common denominator between the novel and the movie allegedly based on it appears to be the name of the main character
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Recent Examples of common denominator
The common denominator between the two?
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Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
The common denominator was Baugh, who only started playing running back full-time two years ago.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
The common denominator across the communities?
—Thomas Beaumont, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
At the heart of his vision lies the body — the common denominator between attitude, movement, fit and individual taste.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for common denominator
Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
The common denominator was Baugh, who only started playing running back full-time two years ago.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
The common denominator across the communities?
—Thomas Beaumont, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
At the heart of his vision lies the body — the common denominator between attitude, movement, fit and individual taste.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for common denominator
Recent Examples of Synonyms for common denominator
Noun
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Mpro, an enzyme that allows SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in host cells, holds structural similarities.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Researchers began to explore representational similarity among AI models with this approach in the mid-2010s and found that different models’ representations of the same concepts were often similar, though far from identical.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That Bezos up on stage bore a strong resemblance to the one who attended high school in Miami.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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First, the aircraft’s fuselage emerged from inside a specialized cargo plane, known as an Airbus Beluga because of its resemblance to beluga whales.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Common denominator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20denominator. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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