Examples of common ground in a Sentence
Hunters and environmentalists found common ground in their opposition to the new law.
Recent Examples on the Web
Shirin Taber, founder of Empower Women Media and the Abraham Women's Alliance, put on an event at the United Nations in New York, bringing together interfaith leaders of Arab, Jewish, Muslim and Christian backgrounds to dialogue with one another and find common ground for peace.
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Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
The last asking price before a sale was strikingly closer, averaging a mere 3% gap, as buyers and sellers are on common ground.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Trending Stories The Best Hikes in the US, From Family-Friendly Walks to Multi-Day Journeys
Finding common ground on the road, be it at a Hill Country bar or a parking lot lobster boil, is what fuels this lifestyle.
—Matt Kirouac, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2024
Now Youngkin must shake off the arena loss and find common ground with the very legislators who killed it to get a state spending plan passed by the time the fiscal year ends June 30.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Vaccines became a prominent one in 2021, as the movement found common ground with people skeptical of Covid vaccines.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Defending a political position at all costs rather than finding common ground and solutions.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Guernica: The online literary magazine was thrown into turmoil after publishing — and then retracting — a personal essay by an Israeli writer about seeking common ground with Palestinians, with several staff members who objected to the essay’s publication resigning.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Our six panelists, on the other hand, their choices now pruned by the academy’s own predilections, largely staked out common ground in their prognostications of the names to be called when the envelopes are opened on Oscar night.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
The last asking price before a sale was strikingly closer, averaging a mere 3% gap, as buyers and sellers are on common ground.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Trending Stories The Best Hikes in the US, From Family-Friendly Walks to Multi-Day Journeys
Finding common ground on the road, be it at a Hill Country bar or a parking lot lobster boil, is what fuels this lifestyle.
—Matt Kirouac, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2024
Now Youngkin must shake off the arena loss and find common ground with the very legislators who killed it to get a state spending plan passed by the time the fiscal year ends June 30.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Vaccines became a prominent one in 2021, as the movement found common ground with people skeptical of Covid vaccines.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Defending a political position at all costs rather than finding common ground and solutions.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Guernica: The online literary magazine was thrown into turmoil after publishing — and then retracting — a personal essay by an Israeli writer about seeking common ground with Palestinians, with several staff members who objected to the essay’s publication resigning.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Our six panelists, on the other hand, their choices now pruned by the academy’s own predilections, largely staked out common ground in their prognostications of the names to be called when the envelopes are opened on Oscar night.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Common ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20ground. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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