- plural of acquaintance.
acquaintances
Example Sentences
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Some acquaintances take the “I’ll wait until I move” approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Kirsty Hall said online platforms had made it easier for strangers and acquaintances to contact young people.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
In 1952, Greenspan married an abstract expressionist artist named Joan Mitchell and soon came under the intellectual sway of one of her acquaintances, Ayn Rand, author of “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
I’ve tried for a year to get some of my closest acquaintances to understand why this song is so great, why I find it so bizarrely beautiful, but few do.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
At twelve o’clock the parade of friends, relatives, and acquaintances began to file in to express their sympathy to the family.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
