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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Saudi officials, in common with their counterparts in the other Gulf states, have long sought to avoid taking sides in the emerging era of great power competition and strategic rivalry.
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Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
Erica, a high-school English teacher, has something in common with her student Abigail — but in 2016, as a new presidential administration looms, neither one of them knows how to break through their South Dakota small town’s ideas to support each other.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Image Quality: Requires Ample Light for Best Results The FE 400-800mm shares a trait in common with most extreme telephoto telezooms: a narrow maximum f-stop.
—PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
Banks and Jelks, as directed by Davis, offer a combination of fluid expression and solid reserve, of monumentality in intimacy, that has more in common with the ways of classic Hollywood stars than with pliable modern actors of realistic bent.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
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Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
Erica, a high-school English teacher, has something in common with her student Abigail — but in 2016, as a new presidential administration looms, neither one of them knows how to break through their South Dakota small town’s ideas to support each other.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Image Quality: Requires Ample Light for Best Results The FE 400-800mm shares a trait in common with most extreme telephoto telezooms: a narrow maximum f-stop.
—PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025
Banks and Jelks, as directed by Davis, offer a combination of fluid expression and solid reserve, of monumentality in intimacy, that has more in common with the ways of classic Hollywood stars than with pliable modern actors of realistic bent.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
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“In common with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20common%20with. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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