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familiarity

[fuh-mil-ee-ar-i-tee, -mil-yar-] / fəˌmɪl iˈær ɪ ti, -mɪlˈjær- /




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That easy-going approach inspired a soulful collection of love songs whose easy familiarity feels like a best friend spilling their secrets.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

What I failed to appreciate then was that familiarity was part of the offering.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Popular athletes can also "help brands bridge cultural gaps, introduce products to new audiences and create a level of familiarity that would otherwise take years to build", said Adrian Staiti from agency CAA Sports.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Bersey upgraded shares of Adobe to buy from hold on Thursday and raised his price target to $308 from $282, saying that Adobe’s platform is “sticky” due to user familiarity with its workflow.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

It took him some time to quiet his breathing, longer to stop trembling, and longer still to remember some fleeting familiarity about that gliding shape he had seen.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

It is not, mercifully, a reboot of the original and iconic series starring Andy Griffith, but fans of that “Matlock” will find tonal familiarities in this one.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2024

The courts in the early British colonies of Connecticut and New Haven ultimately indicted at least 34 women and men for the crimes of witchcraft and familiarities with the devil.

From Washington Times May 26, 2023

A virtuoso of intimacy, Hamaguchi has a thing for cars or, more specifically, the familiarities their tight spaces create.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

Yet in “Jobe’z World” many of the departures from daily familiarities are minor, fussy, and stepwise rather than daringly disjunctive.

From The New Yorker Jan. 11, 2019

We have built up a repertoire of such gestures, such familiarities, between us.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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