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as in understanding
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as in scope
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as in to fathom
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Recent Examples of ken
John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
Many of the items had been disabled by departing U.S. troops or are beyond the ken of Taliban fighters to operate.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2021
Horrifying but not outside my ken of credulity.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2021
What had been beyond the ken of my comprehension even into adolescence was a nuisance for this individual in their elementary school years.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010
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Noun
How pigeons get enough calories to stay alive and healthy until spring is beyond my ken.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
Many of the items had been disabled by departing U.S. troops or are beyond the ken of Taliban fighters to operate.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2021
Horrifying but not outside my ken of credulity.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2021
What had been beyond the ken of my comprehension even into adolescence was a nuisance for this individual in their elementary school years.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ken
Noun
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For Hernando, these sights and smells once belonged to everyday life.—
Pau Mosquera,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Get an exclusive first look at the sights and sounds to come at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That illusion of understanding is what experts say deserves more scrutiny.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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That discovery was crucial in giving researchers an understanding of less-visible matter in the cosmos, known now as dark matter and dark energy.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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The bill’s scope was narrowed somewhat in the House Environment and Transportation Committee.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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In its quest to expand its scope and tap into the cultural moment of the city, the brand also designed the Olympic and Paralympic uniforms for the 18,000 volunteers and the workforce members involved in the event.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The quest to fathom the riotous diversity of nature is absorbingly told in a virtual double biography of the great taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his contemporary, the count of Buffon.—
Ian Tattersall,
The New York Review of Books,
5 Feb. 2026
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Paul is a 12-time All-Star and a franchise legend for the Clippers, which is why this unceremonious end was hard to fathom for fans.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Getting between these locations normally takes about 12 hours; La Dolce Vita stretches the trip into two days and two overnights of tuxedoed singers, Campari cocktails, breakfasts in bed, and stunning landscapes rolling by your cabin window.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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The foreclosure is just one component of what has become a brutal landscape for the lodging market in the Bay Area.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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White matter, so named because of a pale, fatty substance called myelin that wraps the bundles of nerves, carries information between gray matter areas like highways in the brain.—
Christopher M. Filley,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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Now new research offers clues to a link between menopause and changes in the brain’s gray matter, as well as anxiety and depression.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026
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To that point, Bataillon reasoned that an eligibility rule doesn’t fall within the ambit of Alston since the rule is not about compensation, let alone the type of compensation at issue in Alston.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2025
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Those who would argue that this abuse of power constitutes a crime should remember that Trump and his team have avidly proclaimed that presidents must have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts within the broad ambit of executive power.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Journalism is no longer perceived as the primary interpreter of events, but as one voice among many, arriving late.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Newer versions of Claude can vaguely perceive an intrusive presence.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Ken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ken. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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