kens 1 of 2

noun

plural of ken
1
as in sights

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as in instincts

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3
as in dimensions

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kens

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ken, chiefly Scottish
as in apprehends

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kens
  1. sights
  2. instincts
  3. dimensions
  4. apprehends
  5. landscapes
  6. skills
  7. scopes
  8. knows
Noun
  • The route starts with the more popular south-shore sights, then grows quieter after Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, continuing into the East Fjords and northern Iceland.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Scientists cannot agree on how this shift from nonlife to life, or abiogenesis, happened, but some have turned their sights on trying it out for themselves in the lab.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of sights
Noun
  • Now several thousand dollars richer, everyone can succumb to their worst instincts.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • But their personalities, and political instincts, converge most strikingly around cities.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of instincts
Noun
  • Even more than Stinnerbom’s cardamom bun — which some praise as the best in Oslo — the more elemental cinnamon notes, enhanced with lemon zest and juice, allow the sourdough’s multifaceted dimensions to come through.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Unlike conventional porous carbons, which interact only weakly with polysulfides, COFs possess periodically arranged pores whose dimensions, chemical environments, and electronic characteristics can be programmed by design.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
Definition of dimensions
Verb
  • John Early, as anyone encountering his work soon apprehends, chooses the latter.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
  • Though the team immediately apprehends a suspect, the Marshals end up taking criticism from both sides.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of apprehends
Noun
  • Some became stockmen, learning to ride settlers’ horses and using their deep knowledge of the land to muster cattle on horseback across vast landscapes.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Most landscapes do not need pesticides to thrive, so put away the chemicals.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of landscapes
Noun
  • State test scores for the 2025-26 school year are coming back, and Georgia public schools are part of a national pattern of declining reading and math skills.
    — Taylor Carney, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • The Rangers are adding Espinal for his valuable defensive versatility and contact skills, aiming to bolster their infield depth.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of skills
Noun
  • Avian scopes are typically below 20, and so are the scopes for fishes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Permissions are increasingly derived at runtime from natural-language intent in ways that OAuth scopes were never designed to govern.
    — Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of scopes
Verb
  • The cocktail is a fantastic way to get acquainted with Fernet Branca, and who knows?
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 July 2026
  • Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.
    — Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Definition of knows
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