common thread
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommonandthread
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common
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.ən/us/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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thread
noun
uk/θred/us/θred/
(a length of) a very ...
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(Definition ofcommonandthreadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcommon thread
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Anothercommonthreadis the power of personality.
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Acommonthreadran through the study described here.
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There is onecommonthreadin the narratives : the temporality of human life.
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Their dedication to expanding trade, perhaps for personal gain, became acommonthreadin their relationship.
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There seems to be acommonthreadunifying at least some of the above results.
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However, there is acommonthreadto the analysis of each language.
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So that missing feature, the melody, can't be part of thecommonthread.
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There is acommonthread, he asserts, that is tied up in the often imponderable definition of character.
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Nevertheless, the editors succeed in finding acommonthreadto hold them together, thus showing how one piece of work transitions smoothly into another.
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Through all of this, search remains the one truecommonthreadthat binds the dreamer to her dream.
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The lack of acommonthreadmay well be due to the absence of any definition of the book's ostensible dependent variable - ' 'social policy' '.
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Acommonthreaddoes run through insects, of course, but the process remains the same when investigating hooks: you accept a degree of consistency and focus on the differences.
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Thiscommonthreadpicture hangs together quite precariously, however, and will come undone once we think about it for a moment.
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Acommonthreadin this literature is that the scope of an indexical expression may vary quite substantially, depending on the context of utterance.
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Thecommonthreadrunning through all the forest policies, formulated over the years, has been the encouragement offered to commercialisation of forest resources.
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This underlines anothercommonthreadamongst writers and professionals: the oboe requires considerable air pressure to make the reed vibrate, and the aperture of the reed is relatively small.
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We noted that acommonthreadthrough people's efforts to remember, recall, reminisce and recollect was an ability to look back to their past experiences.
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In the segmentation of structures, researchers have differing ways of describing these processes, but there is acommonthreadrunning through them: the distinction between horizontal and vertical focus.
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