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reacquaintance

American  
[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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I’ve seen the film twice, and it only deepened on reacquaintance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

This experience was not a discovery, but a reacquaintance.

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

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