acquaintanceship

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The text excludes “casual acquaintanceship or ordinary fraternization in a business or social context.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

What’s the best way to honor her memory that doesn’t overstate the vague acquaintanceship we had or disrespect those who were closest to her?

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2018

But it was not until after they bumped into each other on a Washington sidewalk, in 2014, and agreed to get together that their acquaintanceship turned into a romance.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2018

"There was no impropriety whatsoever in my acquaintanceship with Miss Keeler."

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2017

Thus Mr. MacQueen and Colonel Arbuthnot provided alibis for each other—two persons between whom it seemed most unlikely there should be any prior acquaintanceship.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie