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as in understanding
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as in scope
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as in to fathom
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Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2021
His nuanced understanding of Davis’s playing — its harmonic and rhythmic wirings as well as its smoldering tone — was only part of a vast musical ken.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
Unscathed (for reasons beyond my ken) include baptisia, clematis recta, and of course the sturdy-as-stone conifers.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017
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Many of the items had been disabled by departing U.S. troops or are beyond the ken of Taliban fighters to operate.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2021
His nuanced understanding of Davis’s playing — its harmonic and rhythmic wirings as well as its smoldering tone — was only part of a vast musical ken.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
Unscathed (for reasons beyond my ken) include baptisia, clematis recta, and of course the sturdy-as-stone conifers.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 17 June 2017
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“Ken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ken. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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