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Recent Examples of conversance
They must be interwoven throughout the process so that brand and technology conversance are equally valuable and used.
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Forrester, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
The music – sometimes joyous, sometimes mournful – attests to these artists’ conversance with two alluring musical languages.
—Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
Forrester, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
The music – sometimes joyous, sometimes mournful – attests to these artists’ conversance with two alluring musical languages.
—Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversance
Noun
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And just weeks after that sad news was still sinking in, Heather received more surprising news in a text from an acquaintance.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Messages between Shelia and two brothers, Dylan and Derek Conaway—acquaintances who lived in the area—suggested the group may have been attempting to purchase drugs the night Skylar disappeared.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In southern Chile, Nicole begins a search for her origins that leads her to uncover the hidden past of María, a woman marked by intimacy, silence and unresolved wounds where love and pain coexist, the synopsis runs.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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The specificity of her words — invoking Venus of Pompeii by name — anchors the message in place and time with remarkable intimacy.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Many of Lyles’ classmates, meanwhile, came from wealth and privilege, and the differences were visible immediately — in the cars that pulled up outside the dorms, in the easy familiarity some students had with faculty, in the quiet assumptions about who belonged.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Chalamet himself benefited greatly from familiarity with the world of ballet.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With effort came obvious improvement, and the sense of mastery and volition was nothing short of intoxicating.—
James Hibbard,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Each appears to carry Italian painter Caravaggio’s signature mastery of light and shadow.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Conversance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversance. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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