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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Jasper County authorities received the tip on Sept. 20 from a person claiming an acquaintance had confessed to killing his two children and burning their bodies in a backyard fire pit of a home in Wheatfield, Ind., the local sheriff’s office previously said in a statement.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
From his perch in Iran, a Pakistani named Sayed Fakhar Abbas recruited an old acquaintance living in Greece and directed him to attack the site, investigators allege in documents submitted to judicial authorities in the case and viewed by Reuters.
—Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
To combat that, consider taking a leap of faith and reaching out to an acquaintance.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2024
Flummoxed by the lack of information available at the time, Ford turned to older friends and acquaintances for help.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 4 Oct. 2024
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
From his perch in Iran, a Pakistani named Sayed Fakhar Abbas recruited an old acquaintance living in Greece and directed him to attack the site, investigators allege in documents submitted to judicial authorities in the case and viewed by Reuters.
—Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
To combat that, consider taking a leap of faith and reaching out to an acquaintance.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2024
Flummoxed by the lack of information available at the time, Ford turned to older friends and acquaintances for help.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Acquaintance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquaintance. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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