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
  • Boise nights are getting shorter in June, but they’re still filled with dazzling celestial sights.
    Hali Smith June 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
  • Construction is already underway at two data center sites in Hoffman Estates, and a data center developer has set its sights on a third facility.
    Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • His instincts proved prescient.
    Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • Preston is a threatening creator with good offensive instincts who played to just under a point per game in the WHL before this season.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • The platform uses a standardized battery enclosure capable of housing either lithium-ion or sodium-ion cells without changing the pack’s physical dimensions.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
  • Falling Prices Can Mean Falling Incomes One of the most important dimensions of AI’s economic impact may involve what happens to measured output when technology causes prices to fall.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 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
  • Originally from Long Island, New York, and shaped by 20 years in southern Arizona, her work examines the intersection of wild landscapes, small-town culture, and the spirit of adventure.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Tenerife provides the perfect environment for various activities for travelers to experience the beauty of the destination’s underwater landscapes.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s a career development program where children are taught employment skills and financial literacy and get to open their own bank accounts.
    Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
  • As for how companies should go about executing all this, Whitman made the case that in-office mandates should be essential, and that imposing them is crucial to building skills in younger workers.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Above these scopes, the meteor is surrounded by quite an impressive view.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 5 June 2026
  • Specify in scopes of work and editorial guidelines that detector scores are advisory, not pass/fail metrics.
    Uri Samet, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Nobody knows how often adverse events occur, said Kristen Nixon, a Johns Hopkins University researcher who has studied posts about weight loss drugs on Reddit, a popular online forum.
    Maia Rosenfeld, NBC news, 29 May 2026
  • She’s made a career out of being a normal person who knows a lot about technology but never gets carried away by sci-fi fantasies.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
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“Kens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kens. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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