common property
Americannoun
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property belonging to all members of a community.
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someone or something regarded as belonging to the public in general.
The personal lives of celebrities often become common property.
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information that is commonly known; common knowledge.
His secret was soon common property.
Example Sentences
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“When the forests were common property, people abused them,” an expert said.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2022
“The philosophy of community and common property still exists. Out here we do things in common.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021
The federal territories were the common property of all the states, he declared, and all US citizens had equal rights within them.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Institutions are rules and norms that are developed to solve social problems; concepts of private property, for instance, help a society to manage a tendency to overuse common property.
From Economist • Dec. 19, 2017
It is part of the natural world, the common property of all humanity.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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