acquainted
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Acquainted with and influenced by famed architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, he advocated for consulting engineer Virgil Bogue’s visionary 1911 Seattle comprehensive plan, which fell to voter defeat in 1912.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2022
Vigorous head shake from Décharné: The word was current in London 200 years ago, when lexicographer Francis Grose — the author’s hero and inspiration — defined it as “Knowing. Acquainted with another’s meaning or proceeding.”
From Washington Post • May 31, 2017
I'm shooting a video in a few days for "Acquainted."
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2016
On Acquainted, he finally falls for someone, although whether Tesfaye was thinking of model Bella Hadid, who he was reported to be dating earlier this year, when he wrote it is moot.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2015
Acquainted with him! why, he haunts me up and down; and, I am afraid, it is for love of you; for he pressed a letter upon me, within this hour, to deliver to you.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Vocabulary lists containing acquainted
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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The Color Purple
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