How to Use known in a Sentence
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There are no known cases of the Oropouche virus in the United States.
— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024 -
This dance would soon become known as the Ghillies Ball.
— Emily Burack, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2022 -
Butz is most known for his work on stage and has won two Tony Awards.
— Matthew Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024 -
The House was made known of the subpoena by the House clerk, who spoke on the floor on Wednesday.
— Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2023 -
But the movie can’t quite be content with sticking close to known physics.
— Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023 -
Less well known, though, is the role the film has played in the story of Mattel’s revival.
— Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024 -
Its presence in the state’s snowpacks has been less well known.
— Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023 -
About 75% of the dogs at Texas A&M tested positive for a known pathogen.
— Linda Carroll, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023 -
The Nazis were well known for keeping detailed records.
— Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2023 -
The known unknown is how the rest of the world will react and what the ultimate outcome will be.
— Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024 -
There are no known cases of bird flu in beef cattle so far.
— Reuters, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024 -
There is no known threat to the public, but no arrest has been made in connection with the killing.
— The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023 -
Less known, however, is that the same strategies can be put to work in the garden.
— Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024 -
Jones, a known pimp, was upset over unpaid debts from Woldu.
— Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023 -
This flaw, now well known, was discovered in the 1971 Sylmar quake.
— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023 -
All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public.
— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024 -
The fire's cause remains unknown, with no known connection between the short-term rental units and the fire.
— Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023 -
The company is perhaps best known for its role in Sesame Street, the long-running kids show.
— oregonlive, 25 July 2022 -
But the only known survivors from that night were Kafayet and his passengers.
— Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023 -
How the group manufactures the makeshift rockets is less known.
— Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023 -
But Houghton notes that stress is also a known factor, and the two could be intertwined.
— Maria Godoy, NPR, 31 May 2024 -
These links are less explored and less known than those between math and, say, music.
— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024 -
In 1860, the schooner Clotilda became the last known ship to carry enslaved people from the west coast of Africa to the United States.
— Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024 -
The first known piece of mail sent with a prepaid, adhesive stamp could sell for as much as $2.5 million.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024 -
Unlike most of the artists featured in this series, the Rolling Stones are pretty well known, to put it mildly.
— Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023 -
Boston is also very well known for its arts scene, and is rich with culture.
— Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 31 Dec. 2022 -
In the last known city on Earth, people are disappearing in their sleep.
— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 2 July 2024 -
The only known way to affect his shot is to foul him, over and over, and hope referees run out of the breath required to blow the whistle.
— Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2024 -
He became known for his record-breaking around-the-world and high-altitude flights.
— Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 -
To this day, Archie is the only known baby to have survived the incinerator at St. Joseph’s.
— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
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