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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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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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And unlike past eras of elevated job insecurity, like the COVID-19 pandemic, the AI revolution has no end in sight.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Partway through the story, the reader learns something that upends our understanding of what’s going on.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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It’s based on the scientific understanding that all kinds of organisms — including plants, insects and disease fungi or bacteria — respond to the weather.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Smart compares its scope to WannaCry, the high-profile global ransomware attack that affected more than 200,000 computers in 2017.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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The turnout reflected the scope of the loss.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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At first, her despair is a little hard to fathom.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Many have used numbers and moral philosophy to fathom the vileness of slavery in America, for example.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Still in her twenties, Morisot was a respected painter, best known for her landscapes, and had been tutored by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, the influential Barbizon school painter of fluttery fields and woodlands.—
Susan Tallman,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Now is an opportunity to assess the impact of new policies on the pace and tenor of change, influencing the future of the financial technology landscape.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The researchers found that those who passed the exam had an increase in gray matter and enhanced memory.—
Amanda Gardner,
Martha Stewart,
8 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
Noun
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Yet the kind of misrepresentations experienced by Tkachuk and Harris aren’t within the ambit of intimate imagery laws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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When infused with the power of a rising hegemon, those men were capable of actions that expanded their empire’s ambit.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Another reason for the valuation gap is how investors perceive the companies and their ambitions.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Active safety systems perceive other road users and intervene to prevent collisions.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Ken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ken. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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