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
After five weeks of testimony from psychiatrists, police, neighbors, acquaintances and family members of the victims, the jury of seven men and five women took less than two hours to convict serial killer John Wayne Gacy of killing 33 young men.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s a level of helplessness that drags up, being surrounded by AI tools and AI updates and AI jobs, only to be faced with an idiot parent or friend or casual acquaintance using AI to justify their shitty actions towards you.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
Next, Gita contacted an acquaintance named Jennifer who lived down the street and had recently become an editor at a lifestyle magazine named Bay City Monthly, based out of the nearby eponymous city.
—Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
Hill, who sits on the state’s Minority Business Initiative Advisory Council with McCrory and is a close acquaintance of the senator, according to emails and other records, declined multiple interview requests for this story.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
There’s a level of helplessness that drags up, being surrounded by AI tools and AI updates and AI jobs, only to be faced with an idiot parent or friend or casual acquaintance using AI to justify their shitty actions towards you.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
Next, Gita contacted an acquaintance named Jennifer who lived down the street and had recently become an editor at a lifestyle magazine named Bay City Monthly, based out of the nearby eponymous city.
—Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
Hill, who sits on the state’s Minority Business Initiative Advisory Council with McCrory and is a close acquaintance of the senator, according to emails and other records, declined multiple interview requests for this story.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquaintance
Noun
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But considering the familiarity and the injury factor, this isn’t the worst-case scenario for the Jayhawks.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
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So familiarity was definitely a factor here.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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My demo is High Wealth Adults/Couples 35-65, and families with adult children/multigenerational, interested in food, wine and local experiences.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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His experience playing safety and nickel will give Dallas varying looks from play to play over the course of a game, with Locke as a reliable rotating safety when Thompson does play closer to the line of scrimmage.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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