familiar face

noun

: a person that one knows
It's good to see a familiar face.

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Paul Shaffer Fills In In the band's absence, Tonight Show audiences were treated to a familiar face in late-night television—Paul Shaffer. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025 For more than two decades, the European film industry veteran has been a familiar face at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) from her time as a sales and acquisitions exec at French outfits Memento Films International and Celluloid Dreams. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025 In Tucker, a 6-5 forward, the Heat took back a familiar face who was a key part of a Heat team that lost to Boston in the 2022 Eastern Conference finals. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025 Another familiar face, Mark Allen, the man who hired Gerrard during his time as director of football at Rangers, also joined as sporting director, although both would leave again just nine months later. James Pearce, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for familiar face

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