acquaint
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Kassem suggests that new workers acquaint themselves with safety guidelines, and ensure they have proper channels to express concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
The stage has just been built for the first time, and he's eager to acquaint himself with all the ramps and video walls.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
While productions regularly outlive their creators in opera or in dance, it happens much more rarely in contemporary theater, and “Pain” is a welcome opportunity for younger theatergoers to acquaint themselves with Chéreau’s dramatic work.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
For now, my sole occupation should be to acquaint myself with my new home—starting with this charming room.”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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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
As William Shakespeare wrote, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2019
Like nothing else, it acquaints women with extremes of feeling.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
"An April Memory" acquaints us with W. Frank Booker, a gifted lyrist whose lines possess all the warmth, witchery and grace of his native Southland.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
You may be acquainted with someone who does this without even knowing it, because it’s still viewed as strange or even alarming.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
The prosecutor alleged he was acquainted there with an organisation known as "My Centre" managed by a Lebanese man called Abu Hamza.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 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
Over the next week Palmer got better acquainted with the pigeon and adjusted his own life to take his new friend into account.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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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
His routes took him all over Southern California, acquainting him with its geography and its varied communities, knowledge that would underpin his writing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
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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