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
  • During an April news conference, Menon said the mission is a critical stepping stone as NASA sets its sights on building a moon base and, eventually, sending people to Mars.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • For 10 days, the thrilling Artemis II mission commanded the world's attention as four astronauts flew a record 252,756 miles from Earth and saw sights of the moon that no person had ever witnessed with their own eyes.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Our national instincts are for biting our lip and not causing a fuss.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Advertisement Parental instincts, Scheutz mused, are subconscious, visceral.
    Dana Suskind, Time, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • By moving optical structures into three dimensions, researchers can create denser chip designs, reduce signal interference, and enable functions that are difficult to achieve with two-dimensional architectures.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • Mudlarks often linger on the therapeutic and quasi-mystical dimensions of their visits to the river.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 July 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
  • Smoke from wildfires in Canada has poured into the United States, causing air quality to plummet and masking landscapes in a thick, brown haze.
    Dakota Smith, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Peel back the curtain, and there’s so much more to explore, from dramatic landscapes to ancient castles and abundant wildlife.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Municipal policing requires a level of training in patrol skills and enforcement techniques that differs substantially from the training provided to federal ICE Agents.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • The program focused on building the skills needed to handle ordnance while following a much shorter timeline than the traditional nine-month qualification course.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • As marketing departments respond to these market changes, procurement executives’ scopes are evolving in parallel.
    Michelle Douglas, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Avian scopes are typically below 20, and so are the scopes for fishes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Another gripe for many is the American accents uniformly applied to these characters from Greek mythology when everyone knows that all the glorious empires of Hollywood speak exclusively in British accents.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • No one knows all the factors behind the population’s recent boom, although researchers point to recent extreme weather events and climate change, perhaps compounded with a rise in shipping traffic over recent decades.
    Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
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