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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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For example, someone who talks to lots of different kinds of people - strangers, acquaintances, friends, family, colleagues - in a day is likely to feel happier than someone who talks only to, say, colleagues and friends.—
Rhitu Chatterjee,
NPR,
9 May 2026
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The suspect was a known acquaintance to the person who died and his family, Whitaker said.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Noun
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This series has been distinguished by its intimacy, which comes with having access to the house in which Heuermann lived (and killed), and on-camera interviews with his ex-wife (who divorced Heuermann following his arrest) and his daughter.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Their rekindled relationship illustrates the dissonance of familial expectations and intimacy with a parent one barely knows.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And despite its familiarity to nearly anybody who has taken middle school English over the past eight decades, the story still retains the power to shock.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
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Porter, 52, is a UC Irvine consumer law professor and former Orange County congresswoman who increased her statewide name familiarity by running unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2024.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Yet Israel has become a water superpower through its mastery of and investment in desalination, the process of converting seawater into freshwater.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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Tucci rates her mastery of the language very highly.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Conversance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversance. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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