au fait
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
However, Nelson is less au fait with Asian finance and politics than his predecessor, Mark Tucker, a veteran of Hong Kong’s insurance industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
If you are not au fait, then pimple popping is the trend for filming, up close and personal, the act of popping, squeezing or otherwise removing blackheads, cysts and other dermatological dementors.
From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019
It points towards a far more visually literate consumer, who is au fait with the aesthetics of Instagram, selfies, and photography as an everyday language.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2017
Those who are au fait with the paranormal tend not to be the heroes in stories like these.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2016
He lived at Breslau as king, and he kept spies at the court of his Sovereign, who were to keep him au fait of the state of things.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
