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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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Well, luck and some high-tech drones capturing the incredibly rare sight of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) being born.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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Stripping audiences of their sight, the production toys with the fear of anticipation, using light touch and scent to deliver its narrative.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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China and Russia’s Arctic alignment began with the signing of a memorandum of understanding in April 2023, with the two countries’ Coast Guards working in tandem to carve out a trade route.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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Some without formal medical diagnoses may seek psychedelic experiences for personal or spiritual growth or existential understanding.—
Natalia V. Osipova,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Calls for unity imply that there’s a divide, but attendees had varying views on its scope and cause.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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In scope, the planned stadium development dwarfs the 23 other projects Kansas has realized through its STAR bond program since 1999.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, the prospect of sacrificing life’s comforts to achieve and live in Lean FIRE, or even FIRE, is too much for some to fathom.—
Carlos Grider,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Timothee’s father, Tobias Englund, still couldn’t fathom how this happened to his youngest child.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
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His first mature photographs made during his university years revisited Scandinavian Romanticism—typified by the stormy, sublime landscapes of painters such as Johan Christian Dahl—with a sly spin.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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There are also moments of frank reflection, in the back of a car or alone in Seoul, where the members take stock of the weight of their fame and the pressure of returning to a newly uncertain place in the global pop landscape.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 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
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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
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On the one hand, content perceived as liberal or critical of the government often faces backlash from various elements.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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In a process called simultaneous contrast, our brain perceives colored objects in relation to the color of the background that they’re viewed against.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
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