in common with
idiom
formal
: the same as : like
The town, in common with others in the region, depends on the tourism industry.
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Generally, Crook County has more in common with Idaho than most of its own state: The county is overall less racially diverse than both Oregon as a whole and the entire United States, and people living there earn less money than Oregon's average.
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
Val finds much in common with his prisoner, and dangerously seeks counsel from him.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 May 2024
Something else the Giants have in common with the Rockies: the only two teams yet to win three games in a row this season.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
And the ending of the movie is more rom-com than the book’s portrayal of the very real improbabilities of a 20-year-old boy-man having anything in common with a 40-year-old woman.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
Earlier in her conversation with Fallon, Doja revealed that the upcoming European leg of her Scarlet tour shares at least one element in common with her Coachella performance.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 May 2024
Source: General Administration Department, Myanmar Some ethnic minorities have more in common with people in China, India and Thailand than with the Bamar, Myanmar’s largest ethnicity.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Editors’ Picks One of his friends, Paul Ford, a writer, editor and tech entrepreneur, noted that Mr. Foster, the person, seems to have little in common with the media chronicler of Today in Tabs.
—Steven Kurutz Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
State Senate Minority Leader Gerald Neal, the Louisville Democrat who’s been in office since 1989, has plenty in common with Attica Scott, the lone challenger for his seat in the May 21 primary election.
—The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
Val finds much in common with his prisoner, and dangerously seeks counsel from him.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 May 2024
Something else the Giants have in common with the Rockies: the only two teams yet to win three games in a row this season.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
And the ending of the movie is more rom-com than the book’s portrayal of the very real improbabilities of a 20-year-old boy-man having anything in common with a 40-year-old woman.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
Earlier in her conversation with Fallon, Doja revealed that the upcoming European leg of her Scarlet tour shares at least one element in common with her Coachella performance.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 May 2024
Source: General Administration Department, Myanmar Some ethnic minorities have more in common with people in China, India and Thailand than with the Bamar, Myanmar’s largest ethnicity.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Editors’ Picks One of his friends, Paul Ford, a writer, editor and tech entrepreneur, noted that Mr. Foster, the person, seems to have little in common with the media chronicler of Today in Tabs.
—Steven Kurutz Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
State Senate Minority Leader Gerald Neal, the Louisville Democrat who’s been in office since 1989, has plenty in common with Attica Scott, the lone challenger for his seat in the May 21 primary election.
—The Courier-Journal, 17 Apr. 2024
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