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The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.

Another read: “We need leaders who will stand against Common Core.”

Finding the common bonds that help us realize that we have far more in common than that which separates us.

At the time, screen quotas were far more common among film producing industries.

The Smooth Naked Horsetail is a common plant, specially by the sides of streams and pools.

I would ask you to imagine it translated into every language, a common material of understanding throughout all the world.

Our social life is aimless without it, we are a crowd without a common understanding.

Diplococci without capsules are common in the sputum, but have no special significance.

He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.

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On this page you'll find 343 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to common, such as: accepted, commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, and natural.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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