Sentence examples for been a common term from inspiring English sources

This has been a common term for any luminous phenomena of the night sky since Antiquity (Stothers 1979).

Unfortunately, extortion has been a common term around the Redskins organization in recent weeks.

"Maybe that is a common term," I thought.

Job requisition (or "req") is a common term at Harvard.

In Scotland pipe is a common term for bagpipe.

Public-Key Cryptography is a common term used to describe asymmetric ciphers; the terms are interchangeable.

A sick, or syke, is a common term in the north of England, meaning a small stream.

Suárez said that he called Evra "negro" once but justified it by saying that it is a common term in Uruguay.

Astronomical science was a common term in the late nineteenth century, to distinguish it from astrology and the study of ancient myths about the constellations.

This was a common term used for Southern California while it was forming its identity during the gold rush and before prohibition.

"Van" is a common term in the breed's native region, Central and South Asia, and is also used to describe other cats with similar markings.