commonalities

plural of commonality
as in similarities
a point which two or more things share in common one commonality between the two very different women is their passion for charity work

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Recent Examples of commonalities The video also inadvertently reveals commonalities between the house founder and its creative director. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026 Il Duce delivered a speech highlighting the commonalities between bushido and Fascism. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 22 Sep. 2026 Those commonalities, the thinking goes, probably stem from properties fundamental to the earliest life. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 In fact, the two have far more commonalities than differences. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 But beneath commonalities, religious life was divided by both race and class. — John Hayes, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 Monitor reporters and photographers set out to find commonalities and current challenges in the chocolate trade. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026 From Allagash to Augusta On the surface, Jackson appears to have commonalities with Platner. — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 24 July 2026 Despite these commonalities, their characters couldn’t be more different. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 23 July 2026
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Noun
  • Klobuchar noted the similarities in Atlanta’s and Iowa’s team names and accused Schmitt of relying on false information to suggest Smith had secretly traveled to Atlanta.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Bono was a fan of Rosalía’s 2025 album Lux and acknowledged the similarities between their two album titles, both inspired by light.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • To make the resemblances convincing, Gethings recruited participants by complementing their standout features and promising to accentuate them with the help of hair and makeup stylists in a studio setting.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Most of the film’s other resemblances, of which there are many, prove less distressing.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Commonalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonalities. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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