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Recent Examples of conversance
They must be interwoven throughout the process so that brand and technology conversance are equally valuable and used.
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Forrester, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
The music – sometimes joyous, sometimes mournful – attests to these artists’ conversance with two alluring musical languages.
—Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
Forrester, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
The music – sometimes joyous, sometimes mournful – attests to these artists’ conversance with two alluring musical languages.
—Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversance
Noun
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Knock on doors, raise money for progressive candidates, and mobilize your friends, neighbors, colleagues and acquaintances.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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Antisemitic hate crimes are at an all-time high; friends, acquaintances, and colleagues who used to wish me a Happy Hanukkah, Happy Passover, or Happy Rosh Hashanah have gone silent.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This series has been distinguished by its intimacy, which comes with having access to the house in which Heuermann lived (and killed), and on-camera interviews with his ex-wife (who divorced Heuermann following his arrest) and his daughter.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Their rekindled relationship illustrates the dissonance of familial expectations and intimacy with a parent one barely knows.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sets would be built and then junked only to be rebuilt again at considerable cost due to an overall lack of familiarity with standard Hollywood filmmaking procedures.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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Yet there's a sense of familiarity, a return to their origins in both heritage and early hip-hop influences.—
Jane Mo,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Yet Israel has become a water superpower through its mastery of and investment in desalination, the process of converting seawater into freshwater.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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Tucci rates her mastery of the language very highly.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Conversance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversance. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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