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Meanings of common denominator in English

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Usage of common denominator in English
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National agreements can lead to politics of lowest common denominator,writes John Downes.
The Irish Times
2
How could such a direct correlation be possible without a common denominator?
The charlemagne pursuit
3
In each one, the common denominator is a love affair with water.
Reuters
4
And like most reality TV, it catered to the lowest common denominator.
Sisters
5
The only common denominator seems to be that they are financial institutions.
Firewall
6
It was the common denominator those times you shifted-angerof varying kinds.
Heir of Fire
7
Do you worry you are aiming for the lowest common denominator audience?
Reuters
8
The term workingman can never be anything but a grammatical common denominator.
Youth and Egolatry
9
I'd have got a hundred, but I got the wrong common denominator.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
10
About the only common denominator was the total isolation of the three.
The Sails of Tau Ceti
11
The common denominator is that these are the two best-performing markets this year.
Reuters
12
In any case, there's one common denominator in all these scenarios: Luther Caleb.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
13
What he cared about was the expressed common denominator, which was the government.
Under the dome: a novel
14
That's the way they put it, reducing it to the lowest common denominator.
The ministry of pain
15
To have inspiring candidates who don't just pander to the least common denominator.
The Guardian
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Because they're Nielsen rated, they have to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
Wired
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Common denominator through the time
Common denominator across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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