- 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
Should I let him know how much his invitation meant to me, or should I just let this acquaintanceship be what it is?
From Slate ● May 7, 2018
"There was no impropriety whatsoever in my acquaintanceship with Miss Keeler."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2017
This is sounding a little more than the casual acquaintanceship Ms. Paige has suggested.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2011
Remote cousins and family friends whom mere acquaintanceship invested with a sort of blood obligation noblesse oblige.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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