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acquaint

[uh-kwaynt] / əˈkweɪnt /


Usage

What is another way to say acquaint? Acquaint emphasizes familiarity that arises from bringing persons into social contact: to acquaint oneself with the team. The more general verb introduce refers to making persons known to one another as by announcement of names or by facilitating a meeting: to introduce a friend to one's sister.

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Let’s acquaint ourselves with Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

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

This is standard fare - an opportunity for 'tracksuit staff' to acquaint themselves with the new coaching team and for the manager to start laying down his philosophy.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was acquaint.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2023

"Brienne, 1 am honored to acquaint you with my brother Ser Edmure Tully, heir to Riverrun. His steward Utherydes Wayn. Ser Robin Ryger and Ser Desmond Grell."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

It acquaints people with the mechanics of investing and gives them a place to learn without putting real money on the line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

The book’s through line — such as it is — acquaints us with those Philpott holds dear, often by way of their maladies: her daughter’s asthma; her husband’s autoimmune condition; her father’s cardiac disease.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2022

While Savage centers on compelling menace Phil Burbank, the book’s free indirect narration acquaints us intimately with a host of minor characters — part of the story’s rich pleasure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

Like nothing else, it acquaints women with extremes of feeling.

From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018

It wakes them at a preappointed hour; it acquaints them with the moment when they first awake.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Even though our granny was, like all people in the mountains, well acquainted with Dolly by that point, she was still transfixed.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Greece is well acquainted with the trend, after hit musical "Mamma Mia", filmed on the island of Skopelos, triggered a jump in American visitors.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

He also became well acquainted with orthopedist Frank Jobe, the team physician.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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

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

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

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," he said, adding Moscow was "acquainting itself" with the joint statement issued in Jeddah.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

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

A priority, she said, was acquainting family members of the donors with the campus community and the students their loved ones had helped educate.

From New York Times ● May 31, 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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