Sentence examples for highest common from inspiring English sources

They speak the highest common denominator rather than the lowest, so it's really different.

So the lowest common denominator is higher than the highest common factor.

The highest common factor is the highest number that will divide into (be a factor of) both numbers.

The lowest common denominator is higher than (or equal to one of) the numbers; the highest common factor is lower than (or equal to one of) the numbers.

"I think in life you can concentrate on the lowest common denominator or actually you can concentrate on the highest common denominator.

Once you have that understanding and mutual respect, then we can transcend the differences and embrace the highest common denominator of the American spirit.

The following correction was published on 15 April 2012: Our debate, "Should we worry about the rise and rise of Pret" (New Review) said: "Their products are LCD (lowest common denominator) rather than HCF (highest common factor), but their LCD is higher than anyone else's…" To clarify: both lowest common denominator and highest common factor relate to a pair of numbers.

Their products are LCD (lowest common denominator) rather than HCF (highest common factor), but their LCD is higher than anyone else's and that must be A Good Thing [see footnote].

"We've always had the idea that if the rest of the culture was going to decline and devolve in a lowest-common-denominator thing, we were trying to be the highest common denominator," Mr. Babcock said.

While both of those developments appeared to threaten the uniqueness of film, they also extended the power and pervasiveness of the movies, which never surrendered their position as the highest common denominator of the popular culture, the standard of visual storytelling to which all the others aspired.

The rows that these engendered were frequently more bitter than those at the official conference, even though the alternative treaties were usually trying to agree on the highest common factor rather than the lowest common denominator.The final touch of nostalgia at the conference was the casting of the United States in the role of villain.