common knowledge
noun
: something that many or most people know
It's common knowledge that she plans to run for mayor.
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This plan would not be common knowledge to the locals for some weeks, for reasons unclear to Old Jim.
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Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion By Bill Niven
Yale University Press, 2018, 312 pp.
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Hitler’s passion for art, architecture, and Wagnerian opera is common knowledge.
—Bill Niven, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2018
But what’s common knowledge to you may actually be genius to someone else.
—Jessica Chen, Contributor, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
All of this is, or should be, common knowledge as well.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion By Bill Niven
Yale University Press, 2018, 312 pp.
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Hitler’s passion for art, architecture, and Wagnerian opera is common knowledge.
—Bill Niven, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2018
But what’s common knowledge to you may actually be genius to someone else.
—Jessica Chen, Contributor, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
All of this is, or should be, common knowledge as well.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for common knowledge
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“Common knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20knowledge. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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