as in familiarity
knowledge gained by personal experience
Tiffany's acquaintance with cows is limited to a long-ago visit to a petting zoo when she was three
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Recent Examples of acquaintance
Teumer’s acquaintance eventually landed those playoff tickets, by the way.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Being a Mooch Benitz offered many stories, and this one revolves around another acquaintance who wanted to tag along on a turkey hunt and film it.
—Barbara Baird, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors said many of the couple’s acquaintances were unaware of the domestic abuse.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Hurley said older friends and acquaintances who survived the AIDS epidemic shared the horror of living through a time when there was no effective treatment or drugs for prevention.
—Zach Dyer, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
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Where the image of Hussein communicated consequence through visual degradation, the image of Maduro diffuses consequence through familiarity, structuring interpretation not through rupture, but through normalization.—
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The veteran correspondent and author volunteered to go the chaotic scene because of his personal connection and familiarity with the area.—
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But law enforcement experts told CNN the dragging incident last summer could have affected his decision-making – though how such an experience impacts law enforcement varies from officer to officer.—
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Plaut aims to simplify the flying experience by utilizing software that mirrors a car rather than a traditional airplane.—
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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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