familiar

Example Sentences

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When it comes to soup, there’s a familiar script: You boil, you simmer, you tend.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

After a long day of teaching, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril turned to a familiar task: preparing a Cambrian arthropod fossil for study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Her lyrical themes are familiar – yearning desire, romantic uncertainty – but there's a newfound freedom in dancing her cares away.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Trump is considering nominating EPA head Lee Zeldin as Bondi’s successor, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

A warm feeling came over me, like something familiar was happening.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott