- a variation of acquaintance.
acquaintanceship
Example Sentences
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Our acquaintanceship didn’t start on a promising note.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022
But it was not until after they bumped into each other on a Washington sidewalk, in 2014, and agreed to get together that their acquaintanceship turned into a romance.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2018
We’ve maintained an acquaintanceship at his request, but barely.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2018
"There was no impropriety whatsoever in my acquaintanceship with Miss Keeler."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2017
"I see. You had no previous acquaintanceship with the family?"
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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