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Idiom

common ground

Meaning

A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“We found some common ground during our meeting.”

“Even though they disagree on politics, they found common ground in their love for local history.”

“The negotiators sought to establish common ground between the two nations, hoping to resolve the long-standing conflict through mutual compromise.”

Examples

simple

“We found some common ground during our meeting.”

contextual

“Even though they disagree on politics, they found common ground in their love for local history.”

complex

“The negotiators sought to establish common ground between the two nations, hoping to resolve the long-standing conflict through mutual compromise.”

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