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Familiar comes from a Latin word referring to what?

familiar

[fuh-mil-yer] / fəˈmɪl jər /




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The new experiment demonstrates that this familiar limit can be exceeded when two electrons interact in a particular way.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

When flash supplies tightened around 2017, Western Digital, Sandisk’s new owner, required Apple to pay a fee to reserve flash chips without committing to sell it any, said people familiar with the strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Apple’s audits also gave the iPhone maker firsthand knowledge of flash suppliers’ business operations, including the output of machines on the factory floor, according to the people familiar with the company’s procurement practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Cordano and his colleague Jerry Kagele went to Blevins’s office with a refund check as a peace offering, according to people familiar with the meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Instead, Greeley shrewdly noted Leah, “seemed to be on the most familiar terms with the knocking.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

With AI, videogames and “Dungeons and Dragons”-type sessions will evolve and merge into an interactive immersive fiction created by the collaboration of a small group of friends and each of their ever-present AI familiars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

"Once you are known, the name begins not to matter. People look at the person behind the name. To my familiars, I was just 'Monsieur Charles'. So I decided to keep it," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

“The Night Market” involved extra layers, from international vendors hawking their weird wares to vampires cheering on the battles of the familiars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

Spooky Grymalkin Candle Lamp: Inspired by one of the witches’ familiars in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” this stylish candle lamp comes with a votive glass and candle to light up the cat’s dazzling red eyes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

“We send our prayers off in the night, and the familiars carry them on our behalf straight to the gods’ ears.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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