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
Actually, there are a lot of commonalities between gardening and storytelling.
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Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
This is because logic thinks in equations, which is another way of saying identities; and also because logic thinks in abstractions, which is another way of saying commonalities.
—Big Think, 3 Nov. 2025
Similarities with the military While astronauts do not leave home to go to war or face combat, families of space travelers may share a few commonalities with military families in which one member is an active service member.
—Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The result is an immersive, urgent, playful, and devastating film that, while experimenting with genre and time, finds surprising commonalities between Brazil 50 years ago and the world today.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
While differing in context, these events share devastating commonalities that will haunt many Americans for decades and possibly generations to come.
—Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
The new iPhones share several commonalities.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Still, there are commonalities for all the players.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
While the moon and Venus harmonize, commonalities expand your social circle.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
This is because logic thinks in equations, which is another way of saying identities; and also because logic thinks in abstractions, which is another way of saying commonalities.
—Big Think, 3 Nov. 2025
Similarities with the military While astronauts do not leave home to go to war or face combat, families of space travelers may share a few commonalities with military families in which one member is an active service member.
—Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The result is an immersive, urgent, playful, and devastating film that, while experimenting with genre and time, finds surprising commonalities between Brazil 50 years ago and the world today.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
While differing in context, these events share devastating commonalities that will haunt many Americans for decades and possibly generations to come.
—Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
The new iPhones share several commonalities.
—PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Still, there are commonalities for all the players.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
While the moon and Venus harmonize, commonalities expand your social circle.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commonalities
Noun
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The election bears some similarities to New York City’s, with both Fateh and Zohran Mamdani as 30-something, Muslim, Democratic Socialists who have proposed rent stabilization policies.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Wadisuchus kassabi is both a new species and the first member of a new genus, or group of species that share physical similarities and an evolutionary line.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Floods, tricksters, battles with monsters, creation and apocalypse—sometimes the resemblances are uncanny.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Further investigation into a chalk underdrawing of ‘The Night Watch,’ using macro X-ray florescence scans, showed even more resemblances between the two dogs.—
Senay Boztas,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Commonalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonalities. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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