kens 1 of 2

plural of ken

kens

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ken, chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kens
Noun
  • The couple recently appeared to have their sights on welcoming more children into their family, with Bunnie previously opening up about their in vitro fertilization journey.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • The ship docks close to town, public transport is nearby, and the main sights can be reached on foot.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Because, so far, my instincts are all dead wrong.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 18 June 2026
  • With Chandler Groff still at large, Dalia and the Corsairs closing in, and the Kooks ensuring the Pogues have no home to return to, John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, and Cleo must rely on their scrappy instincts—and an uneasy alliance with Rafe—to keep from falling apart for good.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Definitely include the piece's dimensions in your listing, Kristin Keyes, the founder of Kristin Keyes Interiors, says.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
  • All of these dimensions are thought to be as small as physically possible — close to the Planck scale (10-35 meters) — but the researchers proposed that the dark dimension could be significantly bigger than the others — on the order of a micron (10-6 meters).
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • John Early, as anyone encountering his work soon apprehends, chooses the latter.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Though the team immediately apprehends a suspect, the Marshals end up taking criticism from both sides.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Lhapal Gyal said the team retained the spiritual core of the source material while reworking character relationships and the narrative structure, drawing on their own direct encounters with the landscapes, customs and culture of Xizang.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 June 2026
  • Atzaró Agroturismo Hotel is the flagship of the Atzaró Collection, a burgeoning portfolio of singular destinations across the world’s most remarkable landscapes.
    Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • These healthy children were an argument for a midwife’s skills.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • ZipRecruiter’s Invite to Apply feature enables employers to contact prospects whose skills match an open role, including passive candidates who may not be actively searching for a new job.
    Audrey Payne, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Permissions are increasingly derived at runtime from natural-language intent in ways that OAuth scopes were never designed to govern.
    Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Federal prosecutors allege that Ross and Rhodes concealed their fraud scheme by submitting false documents to CHA, including proposals, scopes of work and invoices.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Calmus knows firsthand what NICU families face.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • From Louis through the book, and then his mother knows exactly how to string him along, when to give him love and when to take it away.
    Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
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“Kens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kens. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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