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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
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2010
For that reason, or for reasons beyond the ken of a public-high-school boy from Kansas City, Missouri, about all a male needed in those days in order to be brought along to a débutante party by some legitimate invitee was a tuxedo and a pulse.
—The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
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
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Noun
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
For that reason, or for reasons beyond the ken of a public-high-school boy from Kansas City, Missouri, about all a male needed in those days in order to be brought along to a débutante party by some legitimate invitee was a tuxedo and a pulse.
—The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ken
Noun
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Celebrity News The comedian stripped down to his skivvies for a Reformation campaign—and there’s not a tattoo in sight.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
11 Feb. 2025
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Senior administration officials have said Trump has set his sights on an expansion of the Abraham Accords, which was brokered during the president's first term.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
10 Feb. 2025
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TikTok was successful launching in countries where the team building the apps did not even speak the local language or have any understanding of the content that was getting distributed.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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That judgment works for me, but of course in their lively custom NR readers should feel free to improve my understanding of the matter in the comments section.—
Neal B. Freeman,
National Review,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Of course, the full scope of both of their catalogs is far more nuanced, but both rappers played into those perceptions during their beef.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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During her long tenure in District 181, the scope of responsibilities and additional facets of teaching have dramatically changed, Pelak said.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The appeal of that to Ronaldo, long used to living his life in public, is not hard to fathom.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
4 Feb. 2025
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Still, Hernández couldn’t fathom that TPS really would be revoked for everyone.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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As a result, the legal landscape surrounding copyright and AI is in flux.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 Feb. 2025
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What Happens Next The accusations and their fallout could shape the Republican primary landscape in South Carolina.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But the Sagittarian brain remains plastic far longer than the gray matter of other signs.—
Fran Tirado,
Them,
18 Dec. 2024
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The neuroscientists found that gray matter volume was reduced by up to 4.9 percent during pregnancy.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The data and tooling that informs 360 campaigns should be well-defined within the ambit of your governance and compliance frameworks to prevent the compromise of user privacy or the implementation of unfair or biased algorithms.—
Runki Goswami,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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If references and conversations about technology were, until a few years ago, considered either nerdy or relevant only to those who worked within its ambit, nothing currently could be further from the truth.—
Nitin Rakesh,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The United States was perceived as the most corrupt it's been since 2012 in a watchdog group's annual index of nations around the globe.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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In a telephone interview Friday, Goble said the resolution seeks to protect police officers who are doing their job from having their credential suspended by the state if they are perceived to have assisted ICE while doing their duty, such as chasing someone who ran a red light.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Ken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ken. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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