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Recent Examples of acquaintance One call with an acquaintance who had spent years in prison got especially heated. Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025 Combs' defense team called no witnesses and rested their case after roughly 20 minutes, while prosecution called myriad ex-employees, former collaborators and other acquaintances within the rapper's orbit. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 Police said the investigation uncovered a series of videos, alleged to have been taken in Milpitas by the suspect or an acquaintance, showing a person repeatedly firing an semiautomatic pistol into the air and at a wall. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 After Damaris Hernández’s husband committed suicide, some of their acquaintances turned their back on her — for nearly a decade, in some cases. Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for acquaintance
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Noun
  • Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Food Network (or food media in general) has at least heard of Ina Garten.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Being away from their owners, sudden changes in diet and routine, or a lack of familiarity can cause cats to be stressed and anxious.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Group members can share experiences, knowledge, hopes, fears and strengths.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Then he was forced out of his job by the White House, only to be replaced by Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance lawyer in Florida with no experience as a prosecutor.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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