Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kenned
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Yan was apprehended on the same date and has been detained since her arrest, according to court records.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Jail records obtained by Monterey Bay area news station KSBW indicate that he was apprehended at Disney World.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Fernanda Pereira, an attorney, told The Modesto Bee that ICE officers formerly could release individuals who were undocumented and weren’t perceived as public safety threats.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Many perceived the document as, at least in part, an attempt by OpenAI to get ahead of a looming anti-AI industry backlash that is mounting across the country and is gaining bipartisan support.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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But if justice is to be understood as fairness, as per Rawls’s scheme, ignorance is the key concept.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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At the time, disability wasn't understood as a civil rights issue.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
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Neither Cadillac nor Lincoln, both originally manufactured in Detroit, could have fathomed their legacies.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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This was a scene even the most loyal Indiana fans couldn’t have fathomed when Curt Cignetti was hired to coach major college football’s losingest program in 2023.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
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The company expects a little more of an impact in its Q2, but Cook said it’s fully comprehended in the above Street outlook of 48% to 49%.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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The state knew the problem was extensive, but wasn’t sure where the leaks were.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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What is particularly devastating about the Polygon’s story is that Soviet state institutions knew about the health impacts of radiation exposure early on.—
Magdalena Stawkowski,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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Knueppel appreciated the sentiment, but not the timing.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Cora appreciated the shortstop’s desire to play through it.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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In other words, the solution to the problem of the past hypothesis puzzle, or why the Universe possessed a low-entropy state at the start of the hot Big Bang, is because the Universe underwent a period of cosmic inflation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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All possessed one, if not two, quarterbacks who could find the end zone consistently.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Kenned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenned. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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