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Discover LudwigThe phrase "in common for" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct expression is "in common with" or "common to."
Example: "We have a lot in common with each other."
Alternatives: "shared by" or "common among."
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These projects have more in common — for better and for worse — than you might think.
They'd had something new in common for a couple of months, and the excursions to the land behind the airport.
The Bartenders Tim and Adam Young have an unusual number of things in common for a father and son.
The two new phones have a lot in common — for one thing, they're both awesome.
When my brothers first arrived in England, one in 1990, the other in 1991, they took the things we had in common for granted.
Matisse's bourgeois idyll and Hitchcock's cheapo shocker have in common, for me, an acute insight into what is meant by the words "painting" and "moviemaking".
None of this is likely to settle disputes about what, if anything, the various composers have in common, for the music is wildly varied.
The appeals court also dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the smokers did not have enough in common for it to qualify as a class action.
You have created that one thing in common for them.
Interestingly, immune response was the only biological process in common for all investigated tissues.
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You and Portia have a few things in common -- for one, anorexia.
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