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Example sentences for: acquaintances

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Among my acquaintances in New York publishing, McPhee has better word of mouth than any author I know.
We are often invited to parties and dinners at some really splendid homes owned by wealthy acquaintances and clients of both my husband and me.
Schor believes that for most consumers, neighbors have been replaced as the primary reference group by a much broader and better-off panoply of co-workers, acquaintances, and characters presented by the media.
Of the 17 Alexandrians I contacted, five consider themselves acquaintances of Lamar, 10 call themselves friends (including an old roommate, a godmother to his kids, and someone who ate dinner with him the night before), and one is his brother-in-law.
Book -- Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career , by George Plimpton;