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
Lottie takes a trip to Alsace with Vera, a chaotic acquaintance from Manitoba.
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Laurence Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
As recently as the spring of 2023, according to an account shared last week with The New Yorker, Hegseth ordered three gin-and-tonics at a weekday breakfast meeting with an acquaintance in Manhattan.
—Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
Wilson was an acquaintance of Dakota’s extended family and said her actions were neither planned nor malicious.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Most of its current users are friends and acquaintances of the founders.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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Laurence Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
As recently as the spring of 2023, according to an account shared last week with The New Yorker, Hegseth ordered three gin-and-tonics at a weekday breakfast meeting with an acquaintance in Manhattan.
—Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2025
Wilson was an acquaintance of Dakota’s extended family and said her actions were neither planned nor malicious.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Most of its current users are friends and acquaintances of the founders.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Jan. 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 10 Feb. 2025.
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