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communal

[kuh-myoon-l, kom-yuh-nl] / kəˈmyun l, ˈkɒm yə nl /


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"In order to actually break that, you have to provide an enriching, communal, social life," said Morin.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

“It’s become this almost communal hub that goes past just golf,” Lee said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

It turns out that a communal caseworker never got to the resubmitted paperwork.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

From the jump, though, they saw Dead City as something communal yet lawless.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

A second reason is the growing impossibility of communal decision making with increasing population size.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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