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We started re-architecting our site three-years ago with the expectation that RIAs would be common-place by now and browsers and other new technologies would be optimised to support that kind of environment.
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I guess sports have a more "common-place" feel compared to theater and music.
Athletes and Entertainers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Summer and holiday blockbusters opening to a wide audience became common-place, often with a string of merchandise in their wake, including video games and t-shirts and toys.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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We started re-architecting our site three-years ago with the expectation that RIAs would be common-place by now and browsers and other new technologies would be optimised to support that kind of environment.
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Summer and holiday blockbusters opening to a wide audience became common-place, often with a string of merchandise in their wake, including video games and t-shirts and toys.
Michael Giltz: Music: George Michael's "Faith" And The Era Of The Blockbuster Michael Giltz 2011
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The Union said it consisted of “common-place, non-commital generalities” and gave off a whiff of being “ultra whig.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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The Union said it consisted of “common-place, non-commital generalities” and gave off a whiff of being “ultra whig.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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When that pain is preventable, that suffering undeserved, we resist, and in that resistance is another common-place in our human story.
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When that pain is preventable, that suffering undeserved, we resist, and in that resistance is another common-place in our human story.
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The courts have made a valiant effort to apply these laws since home recording (the advent of the VCR) became common-place.
Bits Debate: On the Rights of Readers and Viewers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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