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
Sanford Boye met Ringel through mutual acquaintances.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The author had told him about a new writer acquaintance.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
According to a probable cause affidavit written by SJPD homicide detectives, an acquaintance of the three defendants told police that sometime in April, the victim fought and inflicted a black eye on Flores-Gonzalez.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Masquerade’s creative director, Shai Baitel, who has been working with Dylan as a curator for about eight years, thought of his acquaintance even before the space was finalized.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acquaintance
Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The author had told him about a new writer acquaintance.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
According to a probable cause affidavit written by SJPD homicide detectives, an acquaintance of the three defendants told police that sometime in April, the victim fought and inflicted a black eye on Flores-Gonzalez.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Masquerade’s creative director, Shai Baitel, who has been working with Dylan as a curator for about eight years, thought of his acquaintance even before the space was finalized.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acquaintance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquaintance
Noun
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Here is the iron form of the grief memoir, no less powerful for its deep familiarity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Seven Castain’s knowledge of ‘Seinfeld’ Castain was born in 2004, and her familiarity with a TV show is limited since Seinfeld signed off in ‘98.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Efforts to compete with Amazon during its ascent in the 2010s had department stores playing catchup on supply chain prowess and integrating stores with e-commerce—sometimes to the detriment of in-store experience.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Despite his lack of coaching experience at the MLB level, Vitello was named manager of the San Francisco Giants last month.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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