au fait
Example Sentences
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However, Nelson is less au fait with Asian finance and politics than his predecessor, Mark Tucker, a veteran of Hong Kong’s insurance industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
But perhaps the McLaren driver was not completely au fait with Max Verstappen’s day.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
It points towards a far more visually literate consumer, who is au fait with the aesthetics of Instagram, selfies, and photography as an everyday language.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2017
On first listening it didn’t strike me as the catchiest national anthem that I’ve heard, though I’m not completely au fait with all the world’s national anthems.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2014
Happens to be a fawncy of our au fait cits. to ride broncs this spring.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
