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as in understanding
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as in scope
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as in to fathom
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Recent Examples of ken
John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
Many of the items had been disabled by departing U.S. troops or are beyond the ken of Taliban fighters to operate.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2021
Horrifying but not outside my ken of credulity.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2021
What had been beyond the ken of my comprehension even into adolescence was a nuisance for this individual in their elementary school years.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010
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Noun
How pigeons get enough calories to stay alive and healthy until spring is beyond my ken.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
Many of the items had been disabled by departing U.S. troops or are beyond the ken of Taliban fighters to operate.
—Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2021
Horrifying but not outside my ken of credulity.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2021
What had been beyond the ken of my comprehension even into adolescence was a nuisance for this individual in their elementary school years.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ken
Noun
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Construction outside the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center has become a familiar sight in downtown Dallas since July 2025.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Where many organizations fall behind is in focusing mostly on employee access while ignoring how applications, workloads and machine identities talk to each other out of sight.—
Scott Alldridge,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Plans to sign the memorandum of understanding virtually came together over the last day to cement the agreement quickly and avoid any eleventh-hour spoilers, officials familiar with the matter said.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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The official said Iran would be relieved of certain economic sanctions by the United States for following through on demands outlined in the memorandum of understanding.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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This will cost $15 million to $22 million, depending on the full scope of expansion.—
Allen Best,
Denver Post,
14 June 2026
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Others have expressed concern over patient privacy, as well as the need for human judgment that takes into account the scope of a patient’s health history, rather than a single dataset.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Today, such foresight remains almost hard to fathom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Of all the reasons why the Colorado Avalanche are no longer participating in this tournament, that is the hardest one to fathom.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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Now, an inquiry into why a B-52 Stratofortress crashed Monday shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Fore Base, killing eight, is renewing questions about the 70-year-old planes, their purpose in the rapidly modernizing military landscape and their future.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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As the landscape has grown more competitive, some changes have actually been driven by the studios’ live-action divisions.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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The researchers measured the participants’ vitamin C levels using blood samples and performed MRI scans to calculate the volume of gray matter and white matter in their brains.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Results showed that participants with higher plasma vitamin C levels tended to have more gray matter volume and more connectivity in their default mode network than peers who had less vitamin C circulating in their blood.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 June 2026
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Will some of our operations fall within the sanctions’ ambit?—
Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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Yet the kind of misrepresentations experienced by Tkachuk and Harris aren’t within the ambit of intimate imagery laws.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Musicians have chafed against being perceived forever, but ear seem to take it extra seriously.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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Greenspan is aware that debuting a deli in 2026, amid a historic spike in anti-Semitism, may be perceived as a political act.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
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“Ken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ken. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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