How to Use known in a Sentence

known

adjective
  • There are no known cases of the Oropouche virus in the United States.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
  • Butz is most known for his work on stage and has won two Tony Awards.
    Matthew Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The House was made known of the subpoena by the House clerk, who spoke on the floor on Wednesday.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But the movie can’t quite be content with sticking close to known physics.
    Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Less well known, though, is the role the film has played in the story of Mattel’s revival.
    Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
  • Its presence in the state’s snowpacks has been less well known.
    Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
  • About 75% of the dogs at Texas A&M tested positive for a known pathogen.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The Nazis were well known for keeping detailed records.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • There are no known cases of bird flu in beef cattle so far.
    Reuters, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
  • There is no known threat to the public, but no arrest has been made in connection with the killing.
    The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Less known, however, is that the same strategies can be put to work in the garden.
    Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Jones, a known pimp, was upset over unpaid debts from Woldu.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
  • This flaw, now well known, was discovered in the 1971 Sylmar quake.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The fire's cause remains unknown, with no known connection between the short-term rental units and the fire.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But the only known survivors from that night were Kafayet and his passengers.
    Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • How the group manufactures the makeshift rockets is less known.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But Houghton notes that stress is also a known factor, and the two could be intertwined.
    Maria Godoy, NPR, 31 May 2024
  • These links are less explored and less known than those between math and, say, music.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In 1860, the schooner Clotilda became the last known ship to carry enslaved people from the west coast of Africa to the United States.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
  • The first known piece of mail sent with a prepaid, adhesive stamp could sell for as much as $2.5 million.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Unlike most of the artists featured in this series, the Rolling Stones are pretty well known, to put it mildly.
    Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Boston is also very well known for its arts scene, and is rich with culture.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 31 Dec. 2022
  • In the last known city on Earth, people are disappearing in their sleep.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 2 July 2024
  • The only known way to affect his shot is to foul him, over and over, and hope referees run out of the breath required to blow the whistle.
    Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The department said that the suspects have not been located, but there's no known threat to the public.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 17 June 2024
  • It’s best known for its ability to help the body better adapt to anxiety and stress.
    Mark Anderson, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Her cell phone was found locked without a known password, police said.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
  • His designs are as emblematic of the 1970s as that of his friend Halston, but less known.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Comparing unknown neurons in the human brain to known ones in fruit flies should help close that gap.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024

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