acquaintanceship

Example Sentences

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Drogheda Life journalist Andrew Spearman said he had a "nodding acquaintanceship" with Ms Tyson prior to their interview.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

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

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

That she desperately needs his help, but also spends the first hours of their acquaintanceship pointing her rifle at him, does little to assuage his distrust.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2019

This is sounding a little more than the casual acquaintanceship Ms. Paige has suggested.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2011

He simply likes people, in a genuine and powerful way, and he finds the patterns of acquaintanceship and interaction in which people arrange themselves to be endlessly fascinating.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell