familiarity

Example Sentences

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What happened next had an eerie feeling of familiarity about it.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

At times, it almost feels too intimate, as if there’s a familiarity between filmmaker and subject that’s so innately present throughout filming that Coppola forgets not every viewer will come equipped with the same knowledge.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Buying the assets in the overflow fund lets Calpers keep all profits and avoid fees, they said, while familiarity with the assets allowed Calpers to move quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Chalamet himself benefited greatly from familiarity with the world of ballet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

I was pleased by the familiarity of the arrangement: me, pressed into the corner, away from the other children, a precise reproduction of every Sunday school lesson from my childhood.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover