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reacquaintance

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[ree-uh-kwayn-tuhns] / ˌri əˈkweɪn təns /

noun

  • reacquaintances
    plural
  1. an instance or the process of becoming acquainted with someone or something again.


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But it also suggests that a vital reacquaintance is occurring with some of the sturdiest pillars of an art form that the pandemic denied to audiences for so long.

From Washington Post Apr. 18, 2023

Each week ultimately became a process of reacquaintance.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2020

For some readers, hearing about the latest selection might offer a chance reacquaintance with an old friend.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2020

Compared with so much other glass-and-metal waterfront development, the towers are unassuming and light: an incredible achievement that repays continuous reacquaintance.

From The New Yorker May 27, 2019

This experience was not a discovery, but a reacquaintance.

From The Mayor of Warwick by Hopkins, Herbert M. (Herbert Müller)

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