common knowledge
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She said people should be discussing menstruation from an early age so it's common knowledge that "periods which stop your day-to-day functioning" are not normal.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
“It’s another piece of the puzzle that tells you the AI theme is common knowledge and thus it’s hard to understand how there could be alpha remaining in something like long Nvidia.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
As it turned out, the beehive ban was not common knowledge, even to the beekeepers association, said its president, Cheryl Koeller, in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
“It was common knowledge he was down at Jones Street,” home to the legislature’s offices.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
It was the printing press that established a common knowledge base against which these discoveries could be measured.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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