unfamiliar
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It wasn’t just that Graham seemed new to politics but that she often seemed unfamiliar with it entirely.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
In case you’re unfamiliar with Ritchson, he’s a muscles-on-muscles behemoth whose bread and butter happens to be skull-drubbing action films.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
I was previously unfamiliar with the Iranian artists in the show, and I’m sure I missed many cultural and linguistic references in their works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Where I went was unfamiliar to me, it was like nowhere I'd ever been before, and there were practices and behaviours that were completely alien to me," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Up on the screen, the too-serious, too-grim version of Ms. Morales—the judge—was using a lot of big, unfamiliar words.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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