It’s not uncommon for a seller and buyer to agree on a price and then hope the appraisal is as high as possible.
Politics Report: Forged Footnote 15|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|September 12, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Eric Topol, a cardiologist and clinical-trials expert at the Scripps Research Translational Institute in San Diego, said such pauses in large studies are “not uncommon at all.”
Some scientists downplay significance of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial halt|Claire Zillman, reporter|September 9, 2020|Fortune
It’s not uncommon to feel like you’re letting your fitness tracker down when you don’t hit your goals.
Amazon’s new fitness tracker listens to your voice to figure out your mood|Stan Horaczek|September 2, 2020|Popular Science
Recombinetics has since insisted that the leftover plasmid DNA was likely harmless and stressed that this sort of genetic slipup is not uncommon.
Biotechnology Could Change the Cattle Industry. Will It Succeed?|Dyllan Furness|August 16, 2020|Singularity Hub
International cricket leagues are cropping up from Canada to Nepal, and it’s not uncommon for players to represent seven different teams in a single year.
Guess Who’s Cheering for Brexit? South African Cricket|Charu Kasturi|August 12, 2020|Ozy
Though tissues are present and tears are not uncommon, the Dinner Parties are distinctly not grief counseling or group therapy.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These negotiations are not uncommon on junketed studio films.
Brie Larson’s Hollywood Transformation|Marlow Stern|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Although often this is considered proof positive of guilt at trial, it is not an uncommon occurrence in false confessions.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Love poems between aristocratic women were not uncommon at the time, as long as they stayed safely on the side of friendship.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Compulsive writing, or hypergraphia, is a well-known, if uncommon, symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy.
The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet|Cat Ferguson|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That was a time of uncommon interest and excitement to the entire Nez Percé hunting village.
Two Arrows|William O. Stoddard
A hummingbird or two was not an uncommon sight along the trail at any time, but now we began to notice an increase in numbers.
Jungle Peace|William Beebe
In all cases it is not uncommon to have a partial recovery followed by relapse when the animal becomes excited from any cause.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture
All prejudices gave way before his uncommon intelligence, well-tried virtues, and courteous dignity of manner.
The Freedmen's Book|Lydia Maria Child
Such friendships are not uncommon nowadays—among easy-going, liberal-minded people.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for uncommon
uncommon
/ (ʌnˈkɒmən) /
adjective
outside or beyond normal experience, conditions, etc; unusual
in excess of what is normalan uncommon liking for honey