- past participle of know.
known
Example Sentences
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The extent of that breach became clear in June 2021 and the fact that it came from inside the IRS has been known since Littlejohn’s arrest in September 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
As the material cools, it typically changes into another form known as α-Fe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
When a lawman confirms to Cal the rumor that Cathy, known by then as the nearby town’s madam, Kate, shot his father, Cal muses, “He must have done something to hurt her.”
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Roberts entered Tennessee's maximum-security prison for women, now known as Debra K Johnson Rehabilitation Center, in Nashville in December 2006.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
He hadn’t known how much it had hurt -actually hurt -to be out of the Forest.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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