as in familiarity
knowledge gained by personal experience
Tiffany's acquaintance with cows is limited to a long-ago visit to a petting zoo when she was three
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Recent Examples of acquaintance
Investigators said one of the workers left, retrieved a gun and fatally shot an acquaintance inside the store, deputies said.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Then a relatively unknown Nigerian teenager, he was offered a chance to try out for the University of Houston’s team because a coach had heard from an acquaintance that Olajuwon was a promising prospect.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
There, the employee forced entrance into the home and fatally shot another acquaintance, the office said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Braun was arrested last weekend on Long Island on state charges of assaulting an acquaintance and that man’s three-year-old child, The New York Times revealed Tuesday.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Then a relatively unknown Nigerian teenager, he was offered a chance to try out for the University of Houston’s team because a coach had heard from an acquaintance that Olajuwon was a promising prospect.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
There, the employee forced entrance into the home and fatally shot another acquaintance, the office said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Braun was arrested last weekend on Long Island on state charges of assaulting an acquaintance and that man’s three-year-old child, The New York Times revealed Tuesday.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquaintance
Noun
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Both quarterbacks are near the end of their careers and are clearly on the decline, but Cousins has the familiarity with other players and the coaching staff that Rodgers doesn't have.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Importantly, Elliott has a deep familiarity with Juniper, having previously engaged the company from 2014-2015.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Keep your Hall of Fame career in a strange city and give me the Crawford experience, please.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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And, much to my surprise, our northern lights experience wasn’t over quite yet; the journey from Abisko back to Stockholm often provides travelers with one last treat.—
Carinne Geil Botta,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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