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: used, done, belonging to, or experienced by two or more individuals
a dormitory with a shared living area
shared equity
shared responsibilities
FDOT public information officer Rebecca Leigh White said pre-existing road constraints and rights of way mean cyclists and motorists will have to use shared lanes throughout the extension.—
Cyanne Dunn
Cyanne DunnTheir shared project, the Gottman Institute, combines his theory with her practice.—Casey Greenfield
Casey GreenfieldI thought back to the long years of conflict, but also to the deep, shared passion for the art of cooking, eating, and offering hospitality.—Chitrita Banerji
Chitrita Banerji2
computing
: accessible by more than one user or process
Despite the shared memory, the PC performed relatively well …—Joshua Goldman
Joshua Goldmana shared network drive
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What started as a practical tool became a flood of inconsistent data with little shared structure, often clogging telemetry pipelines and observability systems.
—Bill Hineline, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Fifth graders learned about genetics by building dinosaurs and their offspring with Lego blocks, identifying shared traits.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Their shared belief in the importance of cinema breaks through the screen, contagiously inflicting those watching, striking a hopeful tone to cherish and admire that also prevents the film from appearing earnest and naive.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
These arguments mirror a broader discourse about artistic interpretations of history, with shared consensus about the horrors of Indigenous genocide, but more nuanced — and often fierce — disputes about how those stories are remembered, and who should be allowed to tell them.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Bill Hineline, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Fifth graders learned about genetics by building dinosaurs and their offspring with Lego blocks, identifying shared traits.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Their shared belief in the importance of cinema breaks through the screen, contagiously inflicting those watching, striking a hopeful tone to cherish and admire that also prevents the film from appearing earnest and naive.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
These arguments mirror a broader discourse about artistic interpretations of history, with shared consensus about the horrors of Indigenous genocide, but more nuanced — and often fierce — disputes about how those stories are remembered, and who should be allowed to tell them.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Shared.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shared. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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