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Discover LudwigThe phrase "unlike common" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to contrast something with what is commonly known or expected. Example: Unlike common belief, cold weather does not cause illness.
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Unlike common shares, however, tracking stocks do not represent actual ownership of a piece of that company.
And unlike common bar codes, the digital chips can carry more information about a product, like when and where that specific item was made.
Unlike common ear protectors, the $60 WorkTunes headset can also play music inside the ear cups while keeping excessive noise out.
Unlike common practice in the United States, infant boys in Germany and most other European countries are not routinely circumcised for health reasons.
But unlike common stocks, whose ownership has traditionally been hidden, mortgage-backed securities are based on loans whose details were long available in public land records kept by county clerks, who collect fees for each filing.
The makers of Nest, a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm, claim that unlike common smoke alarms it can distinguish between harmless smoke emissions, such as those from burning toast, and serious fires, which pose a risk to occupants.
Unlike common speculators, who may simply be focused on who might make a competing bid for Abbey and at what price, arbitrageurs make money by exploiting the marginal abnormalities in the share prices of the firms involved in any takeover tussle.
Unlike common practice in the United States, infant boys in Germany and most other European countries are not routinely circumcised for reasons of health or hygiene, despite a recommendation by the World Health Organization that the practice may reduce the spread of AIDS.
Unlike common engineering materials, living matter can autonomously respond to environmental changes.
Unlike common practice to the solution of the same problem, the matrix discretising the eigenvalue problem is formed and stored.
Unlike common approximations of the structural response, the approach presented is not based on calculation of derivatives.
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