familiar with
idiom
: having some knowledge about (something)
We are familiar with the situation.
I'm not very familiar with that area.
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For those who aren’t overly familiar with his game, the best sales pitch for it is that Newell arguably has the most complete combination of the two attributes the game of basketball biases toward the most: size and shooting.
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Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Get familiar with the rules of the detention center you’ve been placed in.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Horror fans are especially familiar with this effect—the P.O.V. shot became a staple of the genre under the influence of Italian giallo films of the sixties and seventies.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Sources familiar with the Miami push confirm that FAU looks like the preferred choice, and there’s an effort to pitch the downtown site as a satellite location aimed at Miami’s steady stream of vacationers and business travelers.
—Douglas Hanks, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Get familiar with the rules of the detention center you’ve been placed in.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Horror fans are especially familiar with this effect—the P.O.V. shot became a staple of the genre under the influence of Italian giallo films of the sixties and seventies.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Sources familiar with the Miami push confirm that FAU looks like the preferred choice, and there’s an effort to pitch the downtown site as a satellite location aimed at Miami’s steady stream of vacationers and business travelers.
—Douglas Hanks, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
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“Familiar with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/familiar%20with. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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