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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Investigators said one of the workers left, retrieved a gun and fatally shot an acquaintance inside the store, deputies said.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Then a relatively unknown Nigerian teenager, he was offered a chance to try out for the University of Houston’s team because a coach had heard from an acquaintance that Olajuwon was a promising prospect.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
There, the employee forced entrance into the home and fatally shot another acquaintance, the office said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Braun was arrested last weekend on Long Island on state charges of assaulting an acquaintance and that man’s three-year-old child, The New York Times revealed Tuesday.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Then a relatively unknown Nigerian teenager, he was offered a chance to try out for the University of Houston’s team because a coach had heard from an acquaintance that Olajuwon was a promising prospect.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
There, the employee forced entrance into the home and fatally shot another acquaintance, the office said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Braun was arrested last weekend on Long Island on state charges of assaulting an acquaintance and that man’s three-year-old child, The New York Times revealed Tuesday.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acquaintance
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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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