familiar ground

noun

: subjects that have often been discussed before
The book covers familiar ground.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web With the start of Wells Fargo’s almost $500 million campus in Irving, project developer KDC is on familiar ground. Steve Brown, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023 While Rhode Island was brand new territory for us in a lot of ways, New Hampshire is familiar ground to the Globe. Lylah Alphonse, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023 For those paying attention to his year-long campaigning in support of Ukraine, Sean Penn covered a lot of familiar ground Saturday at the Berlin press conference for his latest film, Superpower, a documentary profile of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023 Meanwhile, Festival tread familiar ground dealing with Caché's infidelity and led to speculation among the Swarm that everyone's favorite power couple could be breaking up. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023

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“Familiar ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/familiar%20ground. Accessed 31 May. 2023.

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