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familiar

[fuh-mil-yer] / fəˈmɪl yər /




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Even though the company’s valuation soared from $2.5 billion in January to $29.3 billion today, it loses money, according to people familiar with its finances.

From The Wall Street Journal

While a small number of affected planes are in service, Airbus hasn’t identified any immediate safety risk, according to a person familiar with the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal

That is, until the familiar strings in Max Richter’s “On the Nature of Daylight” begin to play, and the film once again feels like a parody of itself.

From Salon

UV radiation can injure DNA and generate oxidative stress in skin cells, which in turn triggers inflammation that causes the familiar redness, pain, and blistering of sunburn.

From Science Daily

There were years, in the 1980s, when la migra was a familiar sight, chasing and tackling workers who had no criminal record but were in the country illegally.

From Los Angeles Times