acquaint
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Kassem suggests that new workers acquaint themselves with safety guidelines, and ensure they have proper channels to express concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
He now forecasts that about half a gigawatt will be deployed in the second half of 2026, reflecting the time needed to acquaint to new rack architecture.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
The stage has just been built for the first time, and he's eager to acquaint himself with all the ramps and video walls.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
While productions regularly outlive their creators in opera or in dance, it happens much more rarely in contemporary theater, and “Pain” is a welcome opportunity for younger theatergoers to acquaint themselves with Chéreau’s dramatic work.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
It gives me further pleasure to acquaint you that this degree was unanimously voted by the Corporation of the University, and unanimously confirmed by the Overseers....
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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Learning about the work of Jesus Christ acquaints them with suffering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes” is a stirring, deeply engrossing show that acquaints us with a long-hidden part of the artist’s career.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
After a poker game acquaints her with a pair of soldiers, a teasing playfulness also emerges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2018
Like nothing else, it acquaints women with extremes of feeling.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
Mr. Small, a clerk to the Hudson's Bay Company, likewise acquaints me, that coal occurs at Edmonton, on the north branch of the Saskatchewan, in beds, sometimes seven or eight feet thick.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
But that conflict quickly fizzles as both parents become acquainted with this robot, whose memories only extend to the information the couple provided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Samson, who is studying to be a crime analyst, found that it was easy to get acquainted with the older residents.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
It was in these formative years that Greg became acquainted with Native American people in Santa Rosa, always feeling a mysterious pull toward them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
He had become acquainted with Revere by 1763, and purchased things from him, mostly small silver frames, but the relationship did not last beyond 1770, the year of the Boston Massacre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
That first day, Cora acquainted herself with the life of the park, the patch of green she’d seen across the street from the house.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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As the World Cup landed in the U.S. for the first time in three decades, international soccer fans have been acquainting themselves with the distinctly American pleasures of barbecue, highway traffic jams and Texas summers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
By acquainting himself with India so that whenever he tours India, it's easier for him.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
The multiplatinum album acted as a coming-out-party, acquainting music lovers the world over with the incredible range of his gifts.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2024
“They are currently in the phase of acquainting themselves with each other,” YG told Yonhap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Newton replied, thanking Oldenburg ‘for your candour in acquainting me with Mr Hook’s insinuations’ and asking for an opportunity to set the record straight.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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