familiar with

phrase

: having some knowledge about (something)
We are familiar with the situation.
I'm not very familiar with that area.

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The order partly stemmed from Korea’s slow pace of deploying the investments, compared to Japan, Politico reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Lisa Kim, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 Roughly half of Stars and Stripes' $29 million annual budget comes from taxpayers, a person familiar with the newspaper's operations told CBS News last week. Joe Walsh, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 The two minds are very familiar with each other, having served from 2015-19 on Toronto’s bench. Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 That’s according to a story in The Information that cited unnamed sources familiar with the discussions. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for familiar with

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“Familiar with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/familiar%20with. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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