kens 1 of 2

plural of ken

kens

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ken, chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • But for now, he's got his sights set on Team England ahead of the North American World Cup, which kicks off in Mexico City June 11.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Alongside the big-ticket sights, families might join a soccer match with local children and crew, swim in the Nile, explore by felucca, try sand dune boarding, attend a galabeya party, or peek behind the scenes in the captain’s wheelhouse.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Your protective instincts work best when shared, and gentle boundaries keep drama low while friendships grow in meaningful, reliable ways.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
  • Those same instincts run through Dirty Blonde, an album that feels less engineered and more lived-in—shaped in real time rather than assembled from above.
    Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Even the Mini House's dimensions appear inspired by the Markies project.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 June 2026
  • According to the home’s actual dimensions, the doorway (which didn’t exist when the family moved in) should dead-end to an external wall; instead, when Navidson opens the door, there’s a narrow hallway nearly ten feet long inside.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 June 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
  • Sterling Ranch was designed with efficient irrigation and xeriscaped landscapes featuring native plants.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 13 June 2026
  • Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, which earned its official designation as a national lakeshore in 1970, is one of the Midwest’s most striking natural landscapes.
    Katherine Lawless, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • These healthy children were an argument for a midwife’s skills.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • ZipRecruiter’s Invite to Apply feature enables employers to contact prospects whose skills match an open role, including passive candidates who may not be actively searching for a new job.
    Audrey Payne, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Permissions are increasingly derived at runtime from natural-language intent in ways that OAuth scopes were never designed to govern.
    Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Federal prosecutors allege that Ross and Rhodes concealed their fraud scheme by submitting false documents to CHA, including proposals, scopes of work and invoices.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • But when things become too true to life, Fuqua knows to cut the style and let the actors carry the scene.
    Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • Reduce Latency Anyone who has watched a big soccer match in a large office setting knows the pain of TVs not being in sync.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
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“Kens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kens. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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