Common Cause (disambiguation)

Common Cause (disambiguation)

To make common cause is an idiom meaning "to form an alliance, to cooperate towards a common goal".

As a proper noun, Common Cause may refer to:

  • Common Cause (U.S. lobbying group), the non-partisan lobbying group, or its magazine
  • Common Cause (alliance), an alliance of republican movements in the Commonwealth of Nations
  • Common Cause Partnership, an Anglican alliance in North America
  • Common Cause Variation, a concept in statistics
  • Common Cause Foundation, a U.K. organization founded by C. A. Smith in 1951
  • Common Cause - No Aircraft Noise, a minor Australian political party that operated from 1995 until 1999
  • Common cause failure, see Common mode failure

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