#commonly

Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

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Notwithstanding this high Ecclesiastical authority, he who dared accept truth only because it could be proved, or proved to be good, and disregard authority, was commonly stigmatized as an infidel. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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