familiarity
Example Sentences
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And yet, the pull is rooted in familiarity.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
On paper, they overlap on a lot—especially on affordability, a centerpiece of his campaign—but McMorrow is more legible to party leadership: governing experience, institutional familiarity, stronger fundraising.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
“Widow’s Bay” reaches deep into that bag of tropes, but it’s all part of the game; familiarity breeds anticipation, which breeds fear.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
“This highlights that chimpanzees have a sense of group identity that goes beyond familiarity or lack thereof, which, as in humans, can reorganize in the face of changing relationships and social contexts.”
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Awareness of this risk did not require intimate familiarity with cognitive bias research.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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