denominator
noun
that term of a fraction, usually written under the line, that indicates the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided; divisor.
denominators
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pluralof denominator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“I try to just take the most common denominators and eliminate those from the menu,” said Paltrow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Now that fires from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Castaic have finally subsided, thousands upon thousands of residents are returning to a life dispossessed of its least common denominators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
There are some common denominators causing stress on the system that will take radical reform to tackle.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024
Expanding our knowledge of sleep behaviors across the animal kingdom, sleep researchers note, could reveal common denominators of what the behavior is for at the most basic level.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2023
Cool Hand Luke, Brubaker, The Shawshank Redemption, and many others paint melodramatic pictures of prison life that have some common denominators.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
