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
Renewing acquaintances in April, when the Giants visited San Diego this season for the first time, Preller chatted him up and hugged him.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
On the trip, Jaliya reconnects with Andre, her childhood crush—and also starts to fall for a new acquaintance named India.
—Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
The employee losing their livelihood often discovers it at the exact same moment as the journalist, the investor, and the LinkedIn acquaintance preparing to post about it publicly.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Iwamasa also began buying ketamine from Perry acquaintance Erik Fleming, who was getting it from a street dealer.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
On the trip, Jaliya reconnects with Andre, her childhood crush—and also starts to fall for a new acquaintance named India.
—Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
The employee losing their livelihood often discovers it at the exact same moment as the journalist, the investor, and the LinkedIn acquaintance preparing to post about it publicly.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Iwamasa also began buying ketamine from Perry acquaintance Erik Fleming, who was getting it from a street dealer.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquaintance
Noun
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Its earliest iteration can be traced back to the 1870s, when Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop—best known for patenting the pneumatic tire—made good on his familiarity with rubber to design a low-top canvas shoe with a vulcanized rubber sole.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
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Booking a hotel in your own town pairs the familiarity of being close to home with the luxury of someone else making the beds.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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Sports features prominently across day one, with JioStar sports and live experiences CEO Ishan Chatterjee examining sport as a platform for fandom, AI and commerce, followed by ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta on cricket’s global expansion and La Liga president Javier Tebas on fan engagement and enforcement.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Siebel Newsom has said their experiences of bullying and remote schooling during the pandemic informed her views on restricting kids’ access to social media and the impacts of artificial intelligence on children’s mental health.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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