How to Use common denominator in a Sentence

common denominator

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  • Drugs seem to be the common denominator in these crimes.
  • The common denominator in all of the fires was the wind, LaRue said.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2022
  • That’s the common denominator for the men and the women on the app.
    — Essence, 7 May 2024
  • The common denominator for the opening two scores was the fact all the yardage came on the ground.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2019
  • The common denominator is the total lack of a password in the process.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The common denominator the past two games has been the defense and the ability to switch.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • And, of course, the common denominator: the 34-and-still-slugging Perez.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2024
  • The more compelling common denominator of the Dolphins’ win streak is the rise of Phillips.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Is there some common denominator to the failures of the last decade?
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 2 July 2021
  • And the common denominator of all these frills-on-steroids?
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 July 2023
  • Because at the end of the day the common denominator is winning.
    — Jamal Collier, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • All this has been building, and the common denominator is the abuse of power.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The only common denominator is that these movies have a strong point of view.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 May 2024
  • The only common denominator is Kevin Plank, who owns a large stake in both.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The common denominator: strong opinions and an undying love of the art form.
    — Rs Editors, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Julie Heacock White, a mural artist and the only one who still lives in La Mesa, points to love as a common denominator.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The first lesson for that manager, then, is that the common denominator is pretty low and there’s a lot to learn.
    — Cate Huston, Quartz at Work, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The common denominator for all of us who work here in real estate is the work ethic.
    — Alyssa Shelasky, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2022
  • But that’s not the only common denominator among these films and books.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 5 May 2020
  • The common denominator is the asset class, rather than the country.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 27 June 2024
  • But what does Dom say was the common denominator and uniting force?
    — Al.com Staff, al, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Florio says there is a common denominator in the spate of crimes against rappers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The common denominator among the sushi is fish that shines no matter its treatment.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The vast majority of the pages have one common denominator: the Ofori case.
    — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And the common denominator across all of them was Netflix.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
  • His newest book is an expansive study of the cell—the common denominator of all life—and its dizzying range of types and functions.
    — Hamilton Cain, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
  • All of this drama between the two leads us back to one common denominator: gain of function.
    — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2021
  • That’s the theme, and the common denominator, for this third and final installment of our end-of-year series about the top stories in this column for 2021.
    — Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Heading to the beach, into the office, or back to school requires one common denominator: a lunch bag.
    — Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
  • Those extremes have a common denominator — they’re all amplified by climate change.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 14 June 2024

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